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A6839 • 2025

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.457

  2. 2026-05-05 Assembly

    REPORTED

  3. 2026-03-31 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES

  4. 2026-03-26 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING

  5. 2026-03-26 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 6839B

  6. 2026-02-02 Assembly

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING

  7. 2026-02-02 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 6839A

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

  9. 2025-03-14 Assembly

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

Official Summary Text

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services
Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          6839

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     March 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Housing

        AN ACT in relation to requiring the division of  housing  and  community
          renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of
          services from the date of actual diminution of the services

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the  contra-
     2  ry,  any  rent reduction attributable to diminution of services shall be
     3  calculated by the division of housing and community renewal to be effec-
     4  tive upon the date that the diminution of service commenced,  regardless
     5  of  when the diminution of services was reported to the division or that
     6  date upon which the diminution of services was addressed  by  the  divi-
     7  sion.  Such  rent  reduction shall be applicable to the entire period of
     8  time the services were not maintained in full.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
    10  pending and future proceedings.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06764-01-5