Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel upon the request of such personnel, where the physical safety of such residents must be accounted for by ascertaining their whereabouts.
Provides that the determination of legal regulated base date rent at the four-year lookback shall be determined by either the survey sampling method or the default method if there is fraud.
Provides for enhanced enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations; provides the court may award punitive damages to a tenant upon finding the landlord's breach of warranty was intentional and malicious.
Prohibits upon the vacancy of an unsold condominium or cooperative dwelling unit, the rental of such unit unless the original offering plan provided for such rental and a majority of the members of the condominium or cooperative agree thereto; generally requires the sale of such units.
Relates to the appointment of the rent guidelines board; requires a member representative of tenants to be appointed no later than 60 days after a vacancy; prohibits meetings until such time.
Establishes protection for senior citizens against unwarranted eviction; requires plaintiff/landlord to file an affidavit determining whether or not the respondent is a senior citizen and sets forth guidelines and procedures for a default eviction against a senior citizen, including representation of counsel; defines senior citizen as persons aged 62 or over for purposes of the real property actions and proceedings law.
Establishes the rental improvement fund pilot program to provide capital grants to small landlords to renovate rental units in certain cities; creates the rental improvement fund.
Enacts the "Livable New York act" to fight back against climate change, provide additional affordable housing and provide employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Prohibits landlords from using, or contracting for the use of, algorithmic devices to set the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; imposes additional disclosure requirements regarding a landlord's collection and use of a tenant's personal information.
Prohibits persons whose income is greater than one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income from occupying certain housing accommodations.
Provides for tenant responses to applications for a major capital improvement rent increase; allows tenants to respond within one hundred twenty days from the date of mailing of a notice of a proceeding; requires the state division of housing and community renewal to provide any responding tenant with the reasons for the division's approval or denial of such application.