NY A01743

State Division of Housing and Community Renewal must make complete rental histories of rent-stabilized units available to local, county, or state elected officials who submit Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) applications, with information redacted as required by law.

Records obtained through FOIL applications for rental histories shall be used solely for the purposes stated in the application.

State Division of Housing and Community Renewal must maintain rent histories of rent-stabilized units for a minimum of ten years.

State Division of Housing and Community Renewal shall regulate housing accommodations established through complaint, investigation, or violation processes to be illegally de-regulated due to illegal use, including illegal construction, conversion, transient hotel use, removal from rent rolls, warehousing, or other unauthorized purposes.

Act takes effect immediately but expires on the same date as the underlying rent stabilization law under section 26-520.