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S9908 • 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
Erik Bottcher
Last action
2026-05-18
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill 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 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. 2026-05-18 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-18 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-18 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  4. 2026-05-12 Senate

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 9908A

  5. 2026-05-06 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  6. 2026-05-05 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  7. 2026-05-04 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.896

  8. 2026-04-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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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                                          9908

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 13, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  BOTTCHER, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
          Construction and Community Development

        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