STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8048 IN SENATE January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, in relation to authorizing a civil penalty when owners refuse to participate in a vacancy survey or submits false vacancy informa- tion The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision e of section 3 of section 4 of chapter 576 of 2 the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 3 nineteen seventy-four, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023, amend- 4 ing the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four relat- 5 ing to studies to determine vacancy rates, as proposed in legislative 6 bills numbers S. 1684-A and A. 6843-A, is amended to read as follows: 7 e. [Refusal by an] A municipality may impose a civil penalty or fee of 8 up to five hundred dollars on an owner or their agent if the owner or 9 their agent refuses to participate in such vacancy survey and cooperate 10 with the municipality or a designee in such vacancy survey, or 11 [submission of] submits knowingly and intentionally false vacancy infor- 12 mation [may be deemed cause to deny a rental permit or certificate of 13 occupancy for a housing accommodation. Such municipality may addi- 14 tionally impose a civil penalty or fee on such owner or their agent of 15 up to one thousand dollars]. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 17 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023, amending the emergency tenant 18 protection act of nineteen seventy-four relating to studies to determine 19 vacancy rates, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1684-A and A. 20 6843-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05739-04-4