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Senate housing committee reports a slate of housing and building bills to floor and finance committee
Summary
The committee moved and reported a series of bills including measures on a statewide rental registry, penalties for vacant properties, code-enforcement provisions, code updates, tenant-audit provisions and training compensation for code personnel.
The New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development on Tuesday reported a package of bills covering rental registries, vacant-property penalties, building-code enforcement and tenant protections.
Clerk-read measures advanced included:
- Bill 9 12 (sponsor: Kavanaugh): creates a statewide residential rental registry; committee moved and reported to finance.
- Bill 9 25 (sponsor: Kavanaugh): tightens penalties and reporting for vacant and abandoned properties; reported to the floor.
- Bill 14 61 (sponsor: Kavanaugh): extends tenant response time for major capital-improvement rent-increase filings under New York City rent law; reported to the floor despite several negative votes and AWRs.
- Bill 3406 (sponsor: Comrie): expands remedies for violations of state fire and building code; committee discussed definitions such as "imminent threat" and reported the bill.
- Bill 4165 (sponsor: Bailey): would increase the Secretary of State’s code-enforcement powers; the committee reported the bill to finance after recorded negative votes.
- Bill 4534 and Bill 4535 (sponsor: Scoofus): clarify administration and enforcement of the state building and energy codes and authorize investigations into enforcement; both were reported to finance.
- Bill 4852 (sponsor: Scoofus): requires updates to state codes based on international model codes and changes the timing for code review; members debated the removal of the word "economically" from energy-code language and the change from 12 to 18 months; the bill was reported to the floor with follow-up requested.
- Bill 6368a (sponsor: Scoopis): requires complainants be provided copies of compliance orders; reported.
- Bill 6600b (sponsor: Jackson): requires inspection of certain non-fireproof New York City buildings; reported.
- Bill 7131a (sponsor: May): establishes standards for all-gender bathrooms in New York City; sponsor present; reported with recorded negative votes.
- Bill 7159 (sponsor: Cleer): provides compensation for required training of code-enforcement personnel; reported.
- Bill 8046a (sponsor: Byno): mandates audits of individual apartment improvements in rent-regulated units; reported to finance.
Most bills were moved and reported without amendment at the hearing; several generated targeted questions about statutory language, local impacts or administrative implementation. Committee members requested follow-up with sponsors on several items, including contractor qualification language and interpretation of energy-code language.
All bills reported at the committee will proceed through the Senate’s legislative calendar and to subsequent committee or floor action as required.
