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NY A04877
NY A04877Relates to enacting the rent emergency stabilization for tenants act on local determinations of a housing emergency; authorizes a city with a population of one million or more to declare an emergency as to any class of housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations in such class within such municipality is not in excess of five percent and a declaration of emergency may be made as to all housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations within s
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Introduced
02/07/2025
02/07/2025
In Committee
05/20/2026
05/20/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 General Assembly
Bill Summary
AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to enacting the rent emergency stabilization for tenants act on local determinations of a housing emergency
AI Summary
This bill, titled the "rent emergency stabilization for tenants act," amends the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 to allow cities with a population of one million or more to declare a housing emergency if the vacancy rate for any class of housing accommodations or all housing accommodations falls to five percent or below, a threshold that previously applied only to cities with less than one million residents or towns and villages. The bill also introduces new provisions for how local governments can declare a housing emergency, requiring consideration of various factors like housing supply, affordability, and homelessness rates, and mandates that owners provide rent roll data for vacancy surveys, with penalties for non-compliance or false information, while ensuring tenant data remains confidential. Additionally, it allows cities with less than one million residents, towns, or villages to add housing accommodations in buildings completed or substantially rehabilitated within the last fifteen years to rent regulation under this act, provided these buildings have between four and six units.
Committee Categories
Housing and Urban Affairs
Sponsors (58)
Sarahana Shrestha (D)*,
George Alvarez (D),
Khaleel Anderson (D),
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (D),
Alex Bores (D),
Harry Bronson (D),
Chris Burdick (D),
Noah Burroughs (D),
Patrick Carroll (D),
Robert Carroll (D),
Monique Chandler-Waterman (D),
Sarah Clark (D),
Brian Cunningham (D),
Maritza Davila (D),
Manny De Los Santos (D),
Erik Dilan (D),
Jeffrey Dinowitz (D),
Emily Gallagher (D),
Eddie Gibbs (D),
Deborah Glick (D),
Jessica González-Rojas (D),
Andrew Hevesi (D),
Larinda Hooks (D),
Chantel Jackson (D),
Jonathan Jacobson (D),
Anna Kelles (D),
Ron Kim (D),
Micah Lasher (D),
Grace Lee (D),
Dana Levenberg (D),
Nikki Lucas (D),
Donna Lupardo (D),
Demond Meeks (D),
Marcela Mitaynes (D),
Diana Moreno (D),
Kwani O'Pharrow (D),
Steve Otis (D),
Keith Powers (D),
Steven Raga (D),
Phil Ramos (D),
Karines Reyes (D),
Gabriella Romero (D),
Linda Rosenthal (D),
Thomas Schiavoni (D),
Rebecca Seawright (D),
Amanda Septimo (D),
Maryjane Shimsky (D),
Jo Anne Simon (D),
Tony Simone (D),
Phara Souffrant Forrest (D),
Phil Steck (D),
Al Stirpe (D),
Yudelka Tapia (D),
Al Taylor (D),
Emerita Torres (D),
Claire Valdez (D),
Latrice Walker (D),
Jordan Wright (D),
Last Action
reported referred to rules (on 05/20/2026)
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