BILL NUMBER: S8177
SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the real property law, in relation to succession rights
data
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires the landlord of a residential building containing five or more
rental units to submit a quarterly report to New York Homes and Communi-
ty Renewal with data pertaining to applications for succession rights.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
The real property law is amended by adding a new section 235-h entitled
Succession Rights Data; Requiring the landlord of a residential building
containing five or more rental units to submit a quarterly report to New
York Homes and Community Renewal indicating the number of applications
for rights of succession the landlord has received, the date such appli-
cations were received, whether such applications were accepted or
denied, and, if denied, the reasons for such denial.
Defines the term "right of succession" to mean the right to a rent
stabilized apartment renewal lease or protection from eviction in an
apartment under rent control redounding to the benefit of an eligible
family member of the tenant having occupied such apartment immediately
prior to permanently vacating such apartment of immediately prior to
such tenant's death.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
As New York's affordable housing crisis continues to squeeze the econom-
ic livelihoods of families throughout much of our State, the issue of
succession rights is of growing importance to the many New Yorkers who
are facing the prospect of becoming homeless due to the evicted upon the
death of a loved one and/ or family member. Of particular concern is the
fact that under current law a landlord may reject an application for
succession rights without even having to provide a specific reason for
such rejection.
This legislation addresses the potentially arbitrary nature of the
current process by requiring landlords to provide essential data to New
York Homes and Community Renewal. The availability of this data will
make it possible for public policymakers to move forward with developing
rational policies that strike the appropriate balance between the rights
of tenants and landlords.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Assembly:
01/11/19 Referred to Housing, 01/03/18 Referred to Housing, 01/23/17
Referred to Housing, 01/06/16 Referred to Housing, 04/15/15 Referred to
Housing
03/01/21 referred to housing
01/05/22 referred to housing
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 1st of the year subsequent to enactment of the legislation