Bill > S03198

This bill requires the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), a New York state agency responsible for overseeing rental housing regulations, to calculate rent reductions due to diminution of services (a reduction in the quality or quantity of services provided to tenants) from the actual date those services were reduced, regardless of when the reduction was reported or addressed by the agency. Specifically, the bill mandates that rent reductions will be retroactively applied to cover the entire period during which full services were not maintained, even if the tenant did not immediately report the service reduction or if the DHCR did not immediately investigate the issue. The bill will take effect immediately and apply to both ongoing and future rental proceedings, providing tenants with a potential mechanism to recover rent for periods when they did not receive the full services they were entitled to under their rental agreement.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3198