New York A 6839: Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services

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A06839 Summary:

BILL NOA06839B

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SAME ASSAME AS S09908-A

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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COSPNSRShimsky, Steck

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §§26-514 & 26-405, NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L

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Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

Go to top A06839 Actions:

BILL NOA06839B

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03/14/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

02/02/2026amend (t) and recommit to housing

02/02/2026print number 6839a

03/26/2026amend and recommit to housing

03/26/2026print number 6839b

03/31/2026reported referred to codes

05/05/2026reported 

05/07/2026advanced to third reading cal.457

Go to topA06839 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HOUSING Chair:Rosenthal 
DATE:03/31/2026AYE/NAY:21/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RosenthalAyeFitzpatrickNay

CookExcusedNovakhovAye

KimAyeBrown K Nay

WalkerAyeBrown EANay

Bichotte HermelAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

DavilaAyeChangAye

EichensteinAyeNorberNay

MeeksAyeMolitorNay

BurdickAye

RiveraAye

JacksonAye

KellesAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LevenbergAye

DaisAye

TorresExcused

ReyesAye

ZaccaroAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/05/2026AYE/NAY:13/5 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightExcusedMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresAbsent

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA06839 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06839 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6839--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SHIMSKY, STECK -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the Commit-
 tee on Housing in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
 ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
 ty-four, the administrative code of the city of New York and the emer-
 gency housing rent control law, in relation to requiring the division
 of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent
 reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual dimi-
 nution of the services

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 7 of section 4 of chapter 576 of
 2 the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
 3 nineteen seventy-four, as amended by chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 a. In order to collect a rent adjustment authorized pursuant to the
 6 provisions of subdivision b of section four, the owner of housing accom-
 7 modations subject to this act located in a city having a population of
 8 less than one million or a town or village must file with the state
 9 division of housing and community renewal on a form which it shall
 10 prescribe, a written certification that [he] such owner is maintaining
 11 and will continue to maintain all services furnished on the date upon
 12 which this act becomes a law or required to be furnished by any law,
 13 ordinance or regulation applicable to the premises. In addition to any
 14 other remedy afforded by law, any tenant may apply to the state division
 15 of housing and community renewal for a reduction in the rent to the
 16 level in effect prior to its most recent adjustment, and the state divi-
 17 sion of housing and community renewal [may] shall so reduce the rent if

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06764-04-6

 A. 6839--B 2

 1 it finds that the owner has failed to maintain such services. The owner
 2 shall be supplied with a copy of the application and shall be permitt