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S05645 Summary:

BILL NOS05645 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBAILEY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §4, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-510, NYC Ad Cd

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Prohibits any person who owns or manages more than four rental units within the state from serving as a public member on a rent guidelines board.

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BILL NOS05645 

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02/26/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/10/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CITIES 1

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5645

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
 ty-four and the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to qualifications of public members of rent guidelines boards

 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 4 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 section 5 of part G of chapter 36
 4 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 5 a. In each county wherein any city having a population of less than
 6 one million or any town or village has determined the existence of an
 7 emergency pursuant to section three of this act, there shall be created
 8 a rent guidelines board to consist of nine members appointed by the
 9 commissioner of housing and community renewal upon recommendation of the
 10 county legislature, except that a rent guidelines board created subse-
 11 quent to the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand
 12 nineteen that amended this section shall consist of nine members
 13 appointed by the commissioner of housing and community renewal upon
 14 recommendations of the local legislative body of each city having a
 15 population of less than one million or town or village which has deter-
 16 mined the existence of an emergency pursuant to section three of this
 17 act. Such recommendation shall be made within thirty days after the
 18 first local declaration of an emergency in such county; two such members
 19 shall be representative of tenants, two shall be representative of
 20 owners of property, and five shall be public members each of whom shall
 21 have had at least five years experience in either finance, economics or
 22 housing. One public member shall be designated by the commissioner to
 23 serve as [chairman] chair and shall hold no other public office. No

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10277-01-5

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 1 member, officer or employee of any municipal rent regulation agency or
 2 the state division of housing and community renewal and no person who
 3 owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who is an officer of
 4 any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a rent guidelines board;
 5 provided, further, however, no person who owns or manages more than four
 6 rental units within the state of New York shall serve as a public member
 7 on a rent guidelines board. One public member, one member represen-
 8 tative of tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve
 9 for a term ending two years from January first next succeeding the date
 10 of their appointment; one public member, one member representative of
 11 tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for terms
 12 ending three years from the January first next succeeding the date of
 13 their appointment and three public members shall serve for terms ending
 14 four years from January first next succeeding the dates of their
 15 appointment. Thereafter, all members shall serve for terms of four
 16 years each. Members shall continue