NY S07193

Apply Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) rent calculation standards prospectively from July 1, 2019 for all rent stabilized apartments, even when prior rents were established by courts or administrative agencies.

Define fraud for pre-HSTPA periods (before June 14, 2019) as material breaches of duties to disclose rent, regulatory status, or lease information, with presumptions for unlawful deregulations and failure to register J-51 or 421-a buildings after October 1, 2011.

Codify pre-HSTPA rules on rent record destruction, allowing destruction only for properly registered units; establish that destroyed records trigger use of default rent calculation formulas for unregistered units.

Permit recalculation of post-HSTPA rents even where legal regulated rent for pre-June 14, 2019 periods was determined by courts or agencies, except pre-HSTPA rents lower than HSTPA-permitted levels become the lawful base rent.

Allow discovery of any records reasonably necessary to determine legal rent and prevent use of record destruction to eliminate evidence of fraud, willfulness, tenancy duration, or regulatory status.