NY A00106

Increases penalties for rent overcharges from 3 times the overcharge amount to 5 times for first offenses and 10 times for subsequent offenses under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974

Applies the same increased penalty structure (5 times for first offense, 10 times for subsequent offenses) to rent overcharge violations under New York City Administrative Code section 26-516

Maintains the six-year lookback period for assessing willful overcharge penalties, allowing recovery of overcharges collected starting six years before a complaint is filed

Specifies that voluntary rent adjustments or refunds made after a complaint is filed cannot be used as evidence that an overcharge was not willful

Takes effect immediately for state law amendments; city law amendments expire on the same date as the underlying rent stabilization law