New York A 1622: Relates to comprehensive diversity in procurement and employment act of 2019

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A01622 Summary:

BILL NOA01622 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00240

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §5-b, amd §12, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §§26-512 & 26-516, NYC Ad Cd

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Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as the tenant's primary residence.

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BILL NOA01622 

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01/10/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1622

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Housing

 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 leasing to business and other entities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting
 2 the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four is amended
 3 by adding a new section 5-b to read as follows:
 4 § 5-b. Tenancy. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this act
 5 or the provisions of any contract, lease or rental agreement, no owner
 6 or any agent thereof shall enter into a lease, or other rental agreement
 7 for occupancy of a vacant housing accommodation subject to this act if
 8 the owner or any agent thereof has reason to know that the tenant will
 9 not occupy the housing accommodation as the tenant's primary residence,
 10 or the tenant is a corporation, partnership, or other business or not-
 11 for-profit entity, provided, however, if the tenant (i) is a not-for-
 12 profit corporation, pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law, that
 13 is solely engaged in activities to provide housing and additional
 14 support services, if any, to low-income or vulnerable members of the
 15 population, as determined by the commissioner of the division of housing
 16 and community renewal, or (ii) is a corporation, partnership or other
 17 business that is providing an officer, partner, employee or other
 18 natural person participating in the day-to-day operations with a dwell-
 19 ing unit, which shall be occupied as the individual's primary residence,
 20 an owner or agent thereof may enter into a lease, or other rental agree-
 21 ment for occupancy of a vacant housing accommodation subject to this
 22 act.
 23 § 2. Clause (i) of paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 12 of
 24 section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting the emergency

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00682-01-5

 A. 1622 2

 1 tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by section 27
 2 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (i) to have violated an order of the division or section five-b of
 5 this act the commissioner may impose by administrative order after hear-
 6 ing, a civil penalty at minimum in the amount of one thousand but not to
 7 exceed two thousand dollars for the first such offense, and at minimum
 8 in the amount of two thousand but not to exceed three thousand dollars
 9 for each subsequent offense; or
 10 § 3. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 11 is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
 12 h. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law or the provisions
 13 of any contract, lease or rental agreement, no owner or any agent there-
 14 of shall enter into a lease, or other rental agreement for occupancy of
 15 a vacant housing accommodation subject to this chapter if the owner or
 16 any agent thereof has reason to know that the tenant will not occupy the
 17 housing accommodation as the tenant's primary residence, or the tenant
 18 is a corporation, partnership,