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Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/12/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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T2024-2630 *   Oversight - Tenant Harassment and Safety.Oversight    Not available Not available
Int 0621-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Expanding the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions and expanding the certificate of no harassment program to include unlawful evictions.IntroductionThis bill would expand the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions. Additionally, it would expand the Certificate of No Harassment pilot program to include buildings where owners have been found to have committed unlawful evictions.   Not available Not available
Int 0622-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Injunctive relief for lawful occupants of rental units.IntroductionThis bill would clarify that in tenant harassment claims, lawful occupants may not be denied injunctive relief, including restoration of possession, because they are not tenants, or on the basis that the court deems such restoration futile because the lawful occupant would be subject to a meritorious claim of possession against them, as long as no such judgment of possession has actually yet been granted.   Not available Not available
Int 0623-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Increasing penalties for unlawful evictions.IntroductionThis bill would raise civil penalties for unlawful eviction, prohibit building owners who engage in unlawful evictions from taking part of any city subsidy, tax abatement, or tax exemption program for 5 years from the date of unlawful eviction, and allow owners who engage in unlawful evictions to set aside a portion of the building for affordable housing in order to cure the record of such unlawful eviction violations.   Not available Not available
Int 0993-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Creating lock change procedures in response to illegal lockouts.IntroductionThis bill would require the Police Department (NYPD) to create a procedure under which NYPD officers can change the locks on the dwellings of people who have been illegally locked out of those dwellings to allow those who have been illegally locked out to return to their dwellings. The NYPD would be required to add such a procedure to its Patrol Guide. When NYPD officers change locks pursuant to such procedure, they would be required to provide new keys that open the new lock to all the dwelling occupants and to the landlord.   Not available Not available
Int 0994-2024 *Lincoln Restler  Requiring that tenant-occupied dwellings be provided with cooled and dehumidified air.IntroductionThis bill would require that from June 15 to September 15 building owners that are subject to minimum temperature requirements under local law maintain a maximum indoor temperature of 78°F when the outdoor air temperature is 82°F or higher. Owners without central cooling would have to install cooling systems within residential units. Leases must contain notice of the cooling requirements. All of the abovementioned requirements would be imposed four years after the bill’s effective date. Owners claiming undue hardship would be able to apply for additional time for compliance with the cooling requirements. Owners would have to carry out pre- and post-enforcement reporting to the city concerning compliance with the cooling requirements. The bill would impose separate civil penalties for violation of the cooling and notice requirements. Finally, the city would have to do outreach and education to tenants and owners on owner responsibilities under this bill.   Not available Not available
Int 1037-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units.IntroductionThis bill would require the owner of a multiple dwelling containing rent stabilized units to post a sign in the common area of such building’s entrance stating that the building contains rent stabilized units and providing information about how tenants can submit inquiries to New York State Homes and Community Renewal to find out if their units are rent stabilized.   Not available Not available
Res 0119-2024 *Crystal Hudson  Denying property owners from filing eviction proceedings for tenants who reside in buildings with substantial pending housing maintenance code violations.Resolution    Not available Not available
Res 0246-2024 *Sandy Nurse  Requiring unlawful eviction cases to be heard within five days.Resolution    Not available Not available