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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S09914 Summary: BILL NO S09914 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A06297

&nbsp SPONSOR KRUEGER &nbsp COSPNSR JACKSON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §5, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L &nbsp Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

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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 law, rule or regulation to the 19 contrary, if all or a portion of the rent controlled or rent stabilized 20 housing accommodation protected by the emergency tenant protection act 21 of nineteen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the 22 local emergency housing rent control act, the administrative code of 23 the city of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted 24 pursuant thereto, in a residential building are rendered uninhabitable 25 or are vacated due to demolition and new construction or to substantial 26 renovation conducted by or on behalf of the property owner under any of 27 the following circumstances: 28 (1) demolition or substantial renovation conducted after the property 29 owner filed an application for a building permit with the department of 30 buildings falsely reporting that no tenants occupied the building 31 proposed for demolition or substantial renovation, when tenants, in 32 fact, did occupy the building; or 33 (2) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated due to the 34 negligence of the owner and/or landlord; or 35 (3) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated by illegal code 36 violations; or 37 (4) demolition or substantial renovation authorized pursuant to a 38 project as defined by section three of the urban development corporation 39 act, the property owner shall, upon completion of the new construction 40 or renovation of the building, dedicate an equal number of units, of 41 sizes equivalent to those vacated or rendered uninhabitable, at the 42 rent amount allowable for the units existing prior to the demo- 43 lition or renovation to the same status the unit previously held as 44 rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodation protected by 45 the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the 46 emergency housing rent control law, the local emergency housing rent 47 control act, the administrative code of the city of New York and 48 any regulations, rules and policies enacted pursuant thereto. The tenant 49 or tenants in possession immediately prior to such demolition or 50 substantial renovation shall have the right of first refusal for the 51 occupation of such units. 52 § 3. Section 5 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the 53 emergency housing rent control law, is amended by adding a new subdivi- 54 sion 9 to read as follows: 55 9. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 56 contrary, if all or a portion of the rent controlled or rent stabilized

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1 housing accommodation protected by the emergency tenant protection act 2 of nineteen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the 3 local emergency housing rent control act, the administrative code of 4 the city of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted 5 pursuant thereto, in a residential building are rendered uninhabitable 6 or are vacated due to demolition and new construction or to substantial 7 renovation conducted by or on behalf of the property owner under any of 8 the following circumstances: 9 (a) demolition or substantial renovation conducted after the property 10 owner filed an application for a building permit with the department of 11 buildings falsely reporting that no tenants occupied the building 12 proposed for demolition or substantial renovation, when tenants, in 13 fact, did occupy the building; or 14 (b) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated due to the 15 negligence of the owner and/or landlord; or 16 (c) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated by illegal code 17 violations; or 18 (d) demolition or substantial renovation authorized pursuant to a 19 project as defined by section three of the urban development corporation 20 act, the property owner shall, upon completion of the new construction 21 or renovation of the building, dedicate an equal number of units, of 22 sizes equivalent to those vacated or rendered uninhabitable, at the 23 rent amount allowable for the units existing prior to the demo- 24 lition or renovation to the same status the unit previously held as 25 rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodation protected by 26 the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the 27 emergency housing rent control law, the local emergency housing rent 28 control act, the administrative code of the city of New York and 29 any regulations, rules and policies enacted pursuant thereto. The 30 tenant or tenants in possession immediately prior to such demolition or 31 substantial renovation shall have the right of first refusal for the 32 occupation of such units. 33 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 34 the amendments to section 26-512 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the admin- 35 istrative code of the city of New York made by section one of this act 36 shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect 37 the expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.

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