Enacts the "NYCHA utility accountability act"; requires the NYCHA to provide a rent reduction to tenants who experience a disruption in utility service.
Requires the state division of housing and community renewal to establish a publicly accessible database of the complete rental histories of rent stabilized accommodations in cities with a population of one million or more no later than December 31, 2024.
Requires rent concessions to be reported to the division of housing and community renewal; requires the inclusion of a statement of net effective rent for units with concessions; requires certain annual statements filed to include reporting of rent concessions.
Authorizes actions and proceedings by unit owners against a condominium board of managers for certain violations of law or of resolutions adopted by such board of managers.
Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations.
Relates to floor area ratio; provides that except as otherwise provided in and determined under a zoning law, ordinance, or resolution of a city with a population of one million or more, or after consultation with local officials, as provided in a general project plan of the New York state urban development corporation, the floor area ratio (FAR) of any dwelling or dwellings on a lot shall not exceed 12.0.
Relates to requiring affordable housing projects to calculate and only use the area median income for the specific county that the project is located in for determining affordability.
Expands access to mortgage loans for cooperative properties under the homes for veterans program, as administered by the state of New York mortgage agency.
Requires rent stabilized housing accommodations lost or destroyed due to fire, natural disaster, act of God, act of war or eminent domain, to be replaced in any succeeding construction on the same parcel.
Requires windows in newly constructed multiple dwellings with two or more stories to be fitted with key-operated window locks that restrict the window from opening more than four inches.