File #: Int 0191-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring the department of citywide administrative services to give two years notice of lease expiration to tenants of city-leased properties.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
On agenda: 2/28/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of citywide administrative services to give two years notice of lease expiration to tenants of city-leased properties
Sponsors: Jennifer Gutiérrez, Lincoln Restler, Farah N. Louis, Shaun Abreu, Christopher Marte, Crystal Hudson, Amanda Farías, Tiffany Cabán, Kalman Yeger , Lynn C. Schulman, (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to notify tenants of City-leased properties via mail when their lease or rental agreement is set to expire in two years. Additionally, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services must send a copy of the notification to the relevant council member, borough president and community board.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 191, 2. Int. No. 191, 3. February 28, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-24, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 28, 2024, 6. Committee Report 9/19/24, 7. Hearing Testimony 9/19/24, 8. Hearing Transcript 9/19/24

Int. No. 191

 

By Council Members Gutiérrez, Restler, Louis, Abreu, Marte, Hudson, Farías, Cabán, Yeger and Schulman (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of citywide administrative services to give two years notice of lease expiration to tenants of city-leased properties

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision b of Section 4-203 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended to read as follows:

b. The commissioner may lease or rent, or grant any such permit, license or authorization with respect to any such property or portion thereof, for such rental or other charge and upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may determine, in any case where the terms of such lease, rental agreement, permit, license or other authorization is less than one year except that where such property or portion thereof has previously been leased, rented, the subject of such a permit, license or other authorization, the term of such lease, rental agreement, permit, license or other authorization may be for a term of up to five years, and the rental or other charge fixed by the commissioner therein does not exceed five thousand dollars per month or any equivalent of such rental or charge. Before the commissioner shall enter into any such lease or rental agreement or issue any such permit, license or other authorization, there shall be filed in the department and with the board of estimate a written certification signed by two officers or employees of the department having the rank of senior real estate manager or an equivalent or higher rank, stating that the rental or other charge fixed therein is fair and reasonable. In the case of a lease, rental agreement, permit, license or other authorization for a term greater than two years, the commissioner shall send notice of the expiration date of the term by mail to the tenant, occupant or other person lawfully in possession of such property two years prior to the expiration of the lease, rental agreement, permit, license or other authorization. The commissioner shall also mail a copy of the notice of expiration to the council member, borough president and community board who represent the district where the property is located.  

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

 

 

Session 13

LS #8397

1/18/24

 

Session 12

APM

LS #8397

10/24/22