New York S 9914: Relates to requiring property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation

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S09914 Summary:

BILL NOS09914 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06297

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRJACKSON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §5, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L

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Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

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BILL NOS09914 

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04/14/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

05/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CITIES 1

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9914

 IN SENATE

 April 14, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 administrative code of the city of New York, the
 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
 gency housing rent control law, in relation to requiring property
 owners to dedicate certain residential units to the same protected
 status the unit previously held following demolition and new
 construction or substantial renovation

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

 1 Section 1. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of
 2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
 3 h. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
 4 contrary, if all or a portion of the rent controlled or rent stabilized
 5 housing accommodation protected by the emergency tenant protection act
 6 of nineteen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the
 7 local emergency housing rent control act, the administrative code of
 8 the city of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted
 9 pursuant thereto, in a residential building are rendered uninhabitable
 10 or are vacated due to demolition and new construction or to substantial
 11 renovation conducted by or on behalf of the property owner under any of
 12 the following circumstances, the property owner shall, upon completion
 13 of the new construction or renovation of the building, dedicate an equal
 14 number of units, of sizes equivalent to those vacated or rendered
 15 uninhabitable, at the rent amount allowable for the units existing
 16 prior to the demolition or renovation to the same status the unit
 17 previously held as rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommo-
 18 dation protected by the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
 19 seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the local emer-
 20 gency housing rent control act, the administrative code of the city
 21 of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted pursuant
 22 thereto. The tenant or tenants in possession immediately prior to such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04011-01-5

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 1 demolition or substantial renovation shall have the right of first
 2 refusal for the occupation of such units:
 3 (1) demolition or substantial renovation conducted after the property
 4 owner filed an application for a building permit with the department of
 5 buildings falsely reporting that no tenants occupied the building
 6 proposed for demolition or substantial renovation, when tenants, in
 7 fact, did occupy the building; or
 8 (2) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated due to the
 9 negligence of the owner and/or landlord; or
 10 (3) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated by illegal code
 11 violations; or
 12 (4) demolition or substantial renovation authorized pursuant to a
 13 project as defined by section three of the urban development corporation
 14 act.
 15 § 2. Section 6 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
 16 constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
 17 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
 18 h. Notwithstanding any provision of la