File #: Int 1037-2024    Version: * Name: Posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 9/12/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units
Sponsors: Sandy Nurse, Lincoln Restler, Tiffany Cabán
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would require the owner of a multiple dwelling containing rent stabilized units to post a sign in the common area of such building’s entrance stating that the building contains rent stabilized units and providing information about how tenants can submit inquiries to New York State Homes and Community Renewal to find out if their units are rent stabilized.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1037, 2. Int. No. 1037, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-12-24, 4. September 12, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1037

 

By Council Members Nurse, Restler and Cabán

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 27-2104 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 5 for the year 1992, is amended to read as follows:

§ 27-2104 Posting of serial number and sign regarding rent stabilized units. a. An identification sign containing the dwelling serial number assigned by the department for the purpose of identifying the registered multiple dwelling and the owner, managing agent, and agent designated by the owner for the collection of rental payments if different from the managing agent, shall be posted in every multiple dwelling in the manner and location prescribed by the department.

b. In any multiple dwelling that contains one or more dwelling units subject to rent stabilization pursuant to chapter 4 of title 26, a sign shall be posted in the common area at the entrance of all such buildings and shall read as follows: “This building contains one or more units that are subject to rent stabilization. To find out if your unit is rent stabilized, contact New York State Homes and Community Renewal.” The sign shall also include the address of the website where a rent stabilization inquiry may be submitted to New York state homes and community renewal, which shall be updated as needed.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

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LS #15215

8/16/2024 2:00 PM