Relates to requiring property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial…

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Relates to requiring property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation

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Latest action May 4, 2026

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A6297, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Housing · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Housing, Construction And Community Development · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To require that if a landlord renders certain units uninhabitable by way of construction, and meets certain criteria, then the landlord must rededicate an equal number of units of equivalent size to the same status the unit previously held at the.rent amount allowable for that status

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Housing, Construction And Community Development
Senate Housing, Construction And Community DevelopmentMay 4, 2026Result: passed
(8) (3) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

José M. Serrano, Luis R. Sepúlveda and 1 more on Agora

Democratic3

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Liz Krueger says this is needed

Unscrupulous landlords try to turn a profit on properties by displacing rent-regulated tenants through the use of major construction as a harassment technique and subsequently raising rent prices. According to a report from the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, since 1994 a total of 11,156 units have been removed from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation displacing moderate-low income tenants. Sadly, this is a widespread practice that severely limits the ever diminishing amount of affordable housing in New York. For far too many New Yorkers there are tales of lead dust in the air, incessant jackham- mering, loss of power and heat and gas shutoffs in the winter that undermine quality of life to such a degree that tenants feel they have no option but to leave apartments they have long called home. Under this bill, whenever a rent-regulated apartment is rendered uninha- bitable in the manner described, the landlord must supply another rent- regulated unit, thereby removing any ability to turn a profit through such practices and therefore stopping tenants from living in adverse conditions and protecting communities from unethical, abusive landlords.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 4, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CITIES 1
NY Senate
Apr 14, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
NY Assembly
Mar 3, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
NY Assembly

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