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Int 0003-2014

Recovery of relocation expenses incurred by the department of housing preservation and development pursuant to a vacate order.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2014-02-04

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2014-02-04Passed: 2017-12-31

Summary

This bill would require an owner to deposit money in an escrow account, with the department as escrowee, equal to 10% of the rent roll for five years preceding the vacate order for the recovery of relocation expenses incurred.

Committee on Housing and BuildingsDepartment of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

How it compares

26% of similar bills passed

13 passed · 37 died

This bill: 1426 days in committee

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Sponsors (13)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-02-04 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-02-04 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-04-19 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-04-19 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-04-19 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2014-02-04 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (4)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of � 26-305 of chapter 2 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: 3. The department may bring an action against the owner for the recovery of such expenses. The institution of such action shall not suspend or bar the right to pursue any other remedy provided by this section or any other law for the recovery of such expenses. As part of such action for recovery the department may require the owner to deposit moneys in an escrow account, naming the department as escrowee. Such moneys shall be equivalent to at least ten per cent of the rent roll, of the building from which such tenants were relocated, for five years preceding the vacate order. � 2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment, except that the commissioner of housing preservation and development shall take such actions as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date. wcj Int. 478/2011 LS# 437/2014 Cr-1/24/2014 Sv-1/28/2014 4:03 PM 2