New York S 4359: Authorizes appointment of alternate rent guidelines board members in the city of New York, counties outside the city, towns, and villages

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S04359 Summary:

BILL NOS04359 

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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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Provides for the appointment of three alternates on rent guideline boards; one alternate shall represent tenants, one shall represent owners of property and one shall be a public representative; alternates shall be permitted to participate in all proceedings of the board as non-voting members; an alternate shall only participate as a voting member of the board and be paid when a member, representing the same interest as the alternate, is unable to fulfill their duties on the board; applies to the city of New York, counties outside the city, towns and villages.

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BILL NOS04359 

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4359

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 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 alternates on 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 and three alternates
 9 appointed by the commissioner of housing and community renewal upon
 10 recommendation of the county legislature, except that a rent guidelines
 11 board created subsequent to the effective date of [the] chapter thirty-
 12 six of the laws of two thousand nineteen [that amended this section]
 13 shall consist of nine members appointed by the commissioner of housing
 14 and community renewal upon recommendations of the local legislative body
 15 of each city having a population of less than one million or town or
 16 village which has determined the existence of an emergency pursuant to
 17 section three of this act. Such recommendation shall be made within
 18 thirty days after the first local declaration of an emergency in such
 19 county; two such members and one such alternate shall be representative
 20 of tenants, two such members and one such alternate shall be represen-
 21 tative of owners of property, and five such members and one such alter-
 22 nate shall be public [members] representatives each of whom shall have
 23 had at least five years experience in either finance, economics or hous-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08424-01-5

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 1 ing. One public member shall be designated by the commissioner to serve
 2 as [chairman] chairperson and shall hold no other public office. No
 3 member, officer or employee of any municipal rent regulation agency or
 4 the state division of housing and community renewal and no person who
 5 owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who is an officer of
 6 any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a rent guidelines board.
 7 One public member, one member, the alternate representative of tenants
 8 and one member representative of owners shall serve for a term ending
 9 two years from January first next succeeding the date of their appoint-
 10 ment; one public member, one member representative of tenants, and one
 11 member and the alternate repres