The New York City Council - File #: Int 2030-2020

• File #: Int 2030-2020
• Version: *
• Name: Increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption for rent increases granted to certain senior citizens.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• Committee: Committee on Aging
• On agenda: 8/27/2020
• Enactment date: 11/15/2020
• Law number: 2020/112
• Title: A Local Law to amend local law number 19 for the year 2014, amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption for rent increases granted to certain senior citizens, and to amend local law number 39 for the year 2014, amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption for rent increases granted to certain persons with disabilities, in relation to extending certain provisions thereof
• Sponsors: Margaret S. Chin, Kalman Yeger , Ben Kallos, Alan N. Maisel, Justin L. Brannan, Paul A. Vallone, Diana I. Ayala, Mark Gjonaj , Farah N. Louis, Helen K. Rosenthal, Keith Powers , Carlina Rivera , Inez D. Barron, (by request of the Mayor)
• Council Member Sponsors: 13
• Summary: This bill would extend the current income eligibility limits for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption and Disability Rent Increase Exemption until June 30, 2022.
• Indexes: Sunset Date Applies

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
11/15/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/15/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/15/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/13/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	Committee on Aging	Hearing Held by Committee
10/13/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	Committee on Aging	Approved by Committee	Pass
9/21/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	Committee on Aging	Hearing Held by Committee
9/21/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	Committee on Aging	Laid Over by Committee
8/27/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
8/27/2020	*	Margaret S. Chin	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 2030

By Council Members Chin, Yeger, Kallos, Maisel, Brannan, Vallone, Ayala, Gjonaj, Louis, Rosenthal, Powers, Rivera and Barron (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend local law number 19 for the year 2014, amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption for rent increases granted to certain senior citizens, and to amend local law number 39 for the year 2014, amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption for rent increases granted to certain persons with disabilities, in relation to extending certain provisions thereof

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5 of local law number 19 for the year 2014, amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption for rent increases granted to certain senior citizens, as amended by local law number 24 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:

§ 5.  This local law shall take effect July 1, 2014 and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2020] 2022; provided that the amendment to section 26-509 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by section three of this local law shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

§ 2.  Section 5 of local law number 39 for the year 2014, amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption for rent increases granted to certain persons with disabilities, as amended by local law number 24 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:

§ 5.  This local law shall take effect on the same date as a chapter of the laws of 2014 amending the real property tax law relating to the tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by persons with disabilities; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof, as proposed in legislative bill number  A. 9744, takes effect, and shall expire and be deemed repealed on June 30, [2020] 2022; provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any renewal application that was received before the effective date of this local law and that would have been timely if received on or after such effective date, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision m of section 26-405, paragraph (6) of subdivision b of section 26-509, or subdivision (c) of section 26-605 of the administrative code of the city of New York, shall be deemed to have been received on or after such effective date; and provided further that the amendment to section 26-509 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by section two of this local law shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

§ 3.  This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in full force and effect as of July 1, 2020.