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Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/12/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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T2024-2630 *   Oversight - Tenant Harassment and Safety.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2024-2630 *   Oversight - Tenant Harassment and Safety.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0621-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Including unlawful evictions in the definition of tenant harassment and making a recommendation on such evictions as a factor in a certification of no harassment.IntroductionThis bill would expand the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions. Additionally, it would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to include as part of a report due on February 27, 2026, a recommendation as to whether an owner’s history of unlawful eviction is a reliable criterion for the certificate of no harassment program.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0621-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Including unlawful evictions in the definition of tenant harassment and making a recommendation on such evictions as a factor in a certification of no harassment.IntroductionThis bill would expand the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions. Additionally, it would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to include as part of a report due on February 27, 2026, a recommendation as to whether an owner’s history of unlawful eviction is a reliable criterion for the certificate of no harassment program.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0622-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Injunctive relief for lawful occupants of rental units.IntroductionThis bill would clarify that in tenant harassment claims, lawful occupants may not be denied injunctive relief, including restoration of possession, because they are not tenants, or on the basis that the court deems such restoration futile because the lawful occupant would be subject to a meritorious claim of possession against them, as long as no such judgment of possession has actually yet been granted.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0622-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Injunctive relief for lawful occupants of rental units.IntroductionThis bill would clarify that in tenant harassment claims, lawful occupants may not be denied injunctive relief, including restoration of possession, because they are not tenants, or on the basis that the court deems such restoration futile because the lawful occupant would be subject to a meritorious claim of possession against them, as long as no such judgment of possession has actually yet been granted.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0623-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Increasing penalties for unlawful evictions.IntroductionThis bill would raise civil penalties for unlawful eviction, prohibit building owners who engage in unlawful evictions from taking part of any city subsidy, tax abatement, or tax exemption program for 5 years from the date of unlawful eviction, and allow owners who engage in unlawful evictions to set aside a portion of the building for affordable housing in order to cure the record of such unlawful eviction violations.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0623-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Increasing penalties for unlawful evictions.IntroductionThis bill would raise civil penalties for unlawful eviction, prohibit building owners who engage in unlawful evictions from taking part of any city subsidy, tax abatement, or tax exemption program for 5 years from the date of unlawful eviction, and allow owners who engage in unlawful evictions to set aside a portion of the building for affordable housing in order to cure the record of such unlawful eviction violations.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0993-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Creating lock change procedures in response to illegal lockouts.IntroductionThis bill would require the Police Department (NYPD) to create a procedure under which NYPD officers can change the locks on the dwellings of people who have been illegally locked out of those dwellings to allow those who have been illegally locked out to return to their dwellings. The NYPD would be required to add such a procedure to its Patrol Guide. When NYPD officers change locks pursuant to such procedure, they would be required to provide new keys that open the new lock to all the dwelling occupants and to the landlord.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0993-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Creating lock change procedures in response to illegal lockouts.IntroductionThis bill would require the Police Department (NYPD) to create a procedure under which NYPD officers can change the locks on the dwellings of people who have been illegally locked out of those dwellings to allow those who have been illegally locked out to return to their dwellings. The NYPD would be required to add such a procedure to its Patrol Guide. When NYPD officers change locks pursuant to such procedure, they would be required to provide new keys that open the new lock to all the dwelling occupants and to the landlord.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0994-2024 *Lincoln Restler  Cooling systems in tenant-occupied dwellings.IntroductionThis bill would require that, by June 1, 2030, owners of tenant-occupied buildings provide cooling systems capable of maintaining 78 degrees Fahrenheit in rooms in which tenants sleep, upon the request of the tenant. This bill would also require that owners of buildings with systems in which the owner controls the temperature run such systems to maintain 78 degrees Fahrenheit in a cooling season from June 15 through September 15. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) would provide notice to tenants to characterize the potential impacts of opting into the program on their rent. HPD would further promulgate rules to limit the impact of running cooling systems on utilities and to provide for the proper installation and maintenance of cooling systems. Owners who would be placed in hardship by this bill, including financial hardship, would be able to apply to HPD for an extension. The bill would also introduce more stringent requirements for air conditioners in newly constructed tenant-occupied buildings. HPD would submit to the Speaker of the Council and publish on its website a report on the amount of air conditioners provided through this program and the quantity of complaints received from tenants based on owners’ failures to provide adequate cooling.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0994-2024 *Lincoln Restler  Cooling systems in tenant-occupied dwellings.IntroductionThis bill would require that, by June 1, 2030, owners of tenant-occupied buildings provide cooling systems capable of maintaining 78 degrees Fahrenheit in rooms in which tenants sleep, upon the request of the tenant. This bill would also require that owners of buildings with systems in which the owner controls the temperature run such systems to maintain 78 degrees Fahrenheit in a cooling season from June 15 through September 15. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) would provide notice to tenants to characterize the potential impacts of opting into the program on their rent. HPD would further promulgate rules to limit the impact of running cooling systems on utilities and to provide for the proper installation and maintenance of cooling systems. Owners who would be placed in hardship by this bill, including financial hardship, would be able to apply to HPD for an extension. The bill would also introduce more stringent requirements for air conditioners in newly constructed tenant-occupied buildings. HPD would submit to the Speaker of the Council and publish on its website a report on the amount of air conditioners provided through this program and the quantity of complaints received from tenants based on owners’ failures to provide adequate cooling.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1037-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units.IntroductionThis bill would require the owner of a multiple dwelling containing rent stabilized units to post a sign, 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. The sign would be required to be in English and Spanish, and placed in the common area at such building’s entrance.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1037-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units.IntroductionThis bill would require the owner of a multiple dwelling containing rent stabilized units to post a sign, 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. The sign would be required to be in English and Spanish, and placed in the common area at such building’s entrance.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0119-2024 *Crystal Hudson  Prohibiting property owners from filing eviction proceedings for tenants who reside in buildings with substantial pending housing maintenance code violations (A.1621/S.4098).Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0119-2024 *Crystal Hudson  Prohibiting property owners from filing eviction proceedings for tenants who reside in buildings with substantial pending housing maintenance code violations (A.1621/S.4098).Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0246-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Requiring unlawful eviction cases to be heard within five days.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0246-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Requiring unlawful eviction cases to be heard within five days.Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available