Int 1530-2017
Creating a rebuttable presumption regarding harassment.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2017-04-05Local Law 2017/162
Enacted as Local Law 2017/162.
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Agenda: 2017-04-05Passed: 2017-08-30Enacted: 2017-08-30
Summary
Under current harassment law a tenant has to show that an owner committed a harassing act or omission which caused or was intended to cause such tenant to vacate the dwelling. This bill creates a rebuttable presumption that where an owner commits one of a list of harassing acts or omissions, such act or omission constitutes harassment.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
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14 passed · 36 died
This bill: 124 days in committee
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Sponsors (9)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-04-05 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-04-05 · 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
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-08-08 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-08-09 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-08-09 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2017-08-25 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2017-08-30 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2017-09-01 · City Council
Votes (61)
Aye (45)
Vincent J. GentileElizabeth S. CrowleyInez D. BarronBrad S. LanderBill PerkinsKaren KoslowitzMargaret S. ChinVanessa L. GibsonDavid G. GreenfieldBarry S. GrodenchikCorey D. JohnsonPeter A. KooRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinMark LevineAlan N. MaiselCarlos MenchacaRosie MendezI. Daneek MillerAntonio ReynosoDonovan J. RichardsYdanis A. RodriguezHelen K. RosenthalRitchie J. TorresMark TreygerJames VaccaJumaane D. WilliamsAndrew CohenRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Daniel Dromm Mathieu EugeneJulissa Ferreras-CopelandDaniel R. GarodnickMelissa Mark-ViveritoBen KallosChaim M. DeutschDeborah L. RoseCosta G. ConstantinidesRafael Salamanca, Jr.Mark LevineJumaane D. WilliamsYdanis A. RodriguezHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Barry S. Grodenchik
Nay (4)
Paul A. ValloneEric A. UlrichJoseph C. BorelliEric A. Ulrich
Absent (10)
Andy L. KingDarlene MealyAnnabel PalmaRafael L. Espinal, Jr.James G. Van BramerFernando Cabrera Rosie MendezRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.
Excused (2)
Laurie A. CumboSteven Matteo
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2017-08-09 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-08-08 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-04-19 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2017-04-05 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (18)
- Legislative History Report
- Summary of Int. No. 1530-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1530
- April 5, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Int. No. 1530
- Committee Report 4/19/17
- Hearing Testimony 4/19/17
- Hearing Transcript 4/19/17
- Proposed Int. No. 1530-A - 8/3/17
- Committee Report 8/8/17
- Hearing Transcript 8/8/17
- August 9, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Int. No. 1530-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8-9-17
- Mayor's Letter
- Local Law 162
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - August 9, 2017
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 7 for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
48. Except where otherwise provided, the term "harassment" shall mean any act or omission by or on behalf of an owner that (i) causes or is intended to cause any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of a dwelling unit to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy, and (ii) includes one or more of the [following:] following acts or omissions, provided that there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such acts or omissions were intended to cause such person to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy:
� 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of housing preservation and development may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date.
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