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Int 1549-2017

Repeated acts of harassment.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2017-04-05Local Law 2017/164

Enacted as Local Law 2017/164.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2017-04-05Passed: 2017-08-30Enacted: 2017-08-30

Summary

This bill would allow tenants to pursue harassment actions if the owner of their building engages in repeated interruptions of essential services throughout the building or commences frivolous court proceedings throughout the building (including the tenants who bring the action).

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

How it compares

32% of similar bills passed

16 passed · 34 died

This bill: 124 days in committee

Similar bills: median 599 days · 142 days when passed

Sponsors (8)

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 (11)

Aye (7)
Ydanis A. RodriguezMark LevineHelen K. RosenthalBarry S. GrodenchikRafael Salamanca, Jr.Eric A. UlrichJumaane D. Williams
Absent (4)
Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Rosie MendezRitchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.

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)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subparagraph b 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, and a new subparagraph b-1 is added, to read as follows: b. repeated interruptions or discontinuances of essential services, or an interruption or discontinuance of an essential service for an extended duration or of such significance as to substantially impair the habitability of such dwelling unit; b-1. an interruption or discontinuance of an essential service that (i) affects such dwelling unit and (ii) occurs in a building where repeated interruptions or discontinuances of essential services have occurred; � 2. Subparagraph d 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: d. commencing repeated baseless or frivolous court proceedings against any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit; d-1. commencing a baseless or frivolous court proceeding against a person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit if repeated baseless or frivolous court proceedings have been commenced against other persons lawfully entitled to occupancy in the building containing such dwelling unit; � 3. 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. LS 9961 MPC 7/20/17 2:30PM - 2 -