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S08891 Summary:

BILL NOS08891 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11311

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SPONSORMARTINS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §10, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; add §26-418, amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd

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Establishes income eligibility requirements that a tenant shall have income not to exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income to be eligible to occupy certain rent-regulated housing accommodations.

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BILL NOS08891 

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01/13/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8891

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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, the emergency housing rent control law, and the administra-
 tive code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing income
 eligibility requirements for occupancy of rent-regulated housing
 accommodations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
 2 constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
 3 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
 4 d. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
 5 person, or persons, whose income exceeds one hundred twenty-five percent
 6 of the area median income shall be ineligible to occupy any housing
 7 accommodation subject to the provisions of this act.
 8 2. The division of homes and community renewal and the department of
 9 taxation and finance shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to
 10 implement this subdivision, provided however, such rules and regulations
 11 promulgated shall hold the owner of the housing accommodation, or such
 12 owner's agent, harmless for any violation of paragraph one of this
 13 subdivision.
 14 3. A tenant found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have will-
 15 fully violated paragraph one of this subdivision, including, but not
 16 limited to, by providing the owner, or such owner's agent false income
 17 documentation in an effort to obtain tenancy of the housing accommo-
 18 dation, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred
 19 dollars per day of illegal occupancy, provided however, that a tenant
 20 who currently occupies a housing accommodation subject to the provisions
 21 of this act, and whose income exceeds the threshold provided in para-
 22 graph one of this subdivision, shall be exempt from civil penalties and
 23 shall not be evicted on the grounds of a violation of paragraph one of
 24 this subdivision for a period of ten years from the date of execution of
 25 the most recent lease agreement prior to the effective date of this
 26 subdivision. After a period of ten years from the date of execution of
 27 the lease agreement, continued violation of paragraph one of this subdi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14350-01-6

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 1 vision by the tenant, as determined by a court of competent jurisdic-
 2 tion, shall constitute grounds for eviction.
 3 4. A tenant who lawfully occupies a housing accommodation subject to
 4 the provisions of this act, and whose income increased above one hundred
 5 twenty-five percent of the area median income, shall be exempt from
 6 civil penalties and shall not be evicted on the grounds of a violation
 7 of this subdivision for a period of three years from the date of
 8 execution of the most recent lease agreement prior to such increase in
 9 income. After a period of three years from the date of execution of the
 10 lease agreement, continued violation of paragraph one of this subdivi-
 11 sion by the tenant, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction,
 12 shall constitute grounds for