New York A 5568: Includes that portion of state route 5 on the Seaway Trail, within the Purple Heart Highway

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A05568 Summary:

BILL NOA05568A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08319

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SPONSORGallagher

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COSPNSRShrestha, Reyes, Forrest, Carroll R, Bichotte Hermelyn, Simon, Moreno, Simone, Lee

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title 22 Chap 15 §§22-1501 - 22-1513, NYC Ad Cd

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Enacts the "New York city small business rent stabilization act" instituting a commercial rent control system in the city of New York; creates the commercial rent guidelines board.

Go to top A05568 Actions:

BILL NOA05568A

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02/14/2025referred to cities

05/27/2025amend and recommit to cities

05/27/2025print number 5568a

01/07/2026referred to cities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5568--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAGHER -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to enacting the "New York city small business rent stabiliza-
 tion act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York city small business rent stabilization act".
 3 § 2. Title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
 4 amended by adding a new chapter 15 to read as follows:
 5 CHAPTER 15
 6 COMMERCIAL RENT STABILIZATION
 7 § 22-1501 Application. This chapter applies to all leases and rental
 8 agreements for commercial spaces that are renewed, renegotiated, or
 9 entered into on or after July first, two thousand twenty-five.
 10 § 22-1502 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms
 11 shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
 12 a. "Administering agency" shall mean any city agency, office, depart-
 13 ment, division, bureau or institution of government, the expenses of
 14 which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury, as the mayor
 15 shall designate or establish to implement and enforce the provisions of
 16 this chapter.
 17 b. "At-will tenant" shall mean a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee,
 18 or any other persons lawfully entitled to use or occupy any commercial
 19 premises without a written lease or other rental agreement, who has paid
 20 rent to a landlord for at least six months.
 21 c. "Board" shall mean the commercial rent guidelines board established
 22 by subdivision a of section 22-1503 of this chapter.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09129-02-5

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 1 d. "Chain business" shall mean an establishment that is part of a
 2 group of establishments that share a common landlord or principal who
 3 owns at least thirty percent of each establishment where such establish-
 4 ments:
 5 (1) engage in the same business; or
 6 (2) operate pursuant to a franchise agreement with the same franchisor
 7 as defined in section six hundred eighty-one of the general business
 8 law.
 9 e. "Commercial space" shall mean a space used or occupied for non-re-
 10 sidential purposes pursuant to a valid commercial lease or other rental
 11 agreement and any space that can be so used pursuant to law or regu-
 12 lation.
 13 f. "Commissioner" shall mean the head of the administering agency.
 14 g. "Landlord" shall mean any owner, lessor, sublessor or other person
 15 entitled to receive rent for the use or occupancy of any commercial
 16 premises, or an agent thereof.
 17 h. "Pass-along" shall mean any taxes, sewer, water or utility fee, or
 18 other operating charges apportioned to a tenant in connection with the
 19 use or occupancy of any commercial space, but shall not include any
 20 charges that are individually metered to reflect the tenant's exclusive
 21 use of such space, including water, sewer and utility fees.
 22 i. "Rent" shall mean any consideration, including but not limited to
 23 pass-alongs, received by the landlord in conn