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Int 1282-2025

Leasing or rental of city properties.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2025-05-28

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2025-05-28Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require that within five years of obtaining vacant real property or real property managed by the City becoming vacant, the Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services lease or rent the property. If the property is not leased or rented within five years, the Commissioner is required to provide notice of the vacancy and the reason for the vacancy to the City Council Member and Community Board for the district in which the property is located.

Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency, Law Department, Federal legislation, State legislation and Home Rule requests.

How it compares

22% of similar bills passed

11 passed · 39 died

This bill: 217 days in committee

Similar bills: median 435 days · 201 days when passed

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Sponsors (4)

Oswald J. Feliz(prime)
Farah N. Louis
Chris Banks
Linda Lee

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-05-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-05-28 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2025-05-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (4)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 4-203 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows: f. Leasing or renting vacant property. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision d of this section, in any case where the city acquires real property by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise or any real property that the commissioner is authorized to manage becomes vacant, the commissioner shall lease or rent any such property within five years of obtaining such property or such property becoming vacant, where practicable. 2. Where such property is not leased or rented within five years, the commissioner shall issue a notice of the vacancy and provide the reason for such vacancy to the council member and community board for the district in which such property is located. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. JG LS #19201 5/5/25 3:40 PM 1 2