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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4217: Requires the state division of housing and community renewal to verify there are no violations on the property prior to authorizing a rent increase for major capital improvements

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 4217 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the state division of housing and community renewal to verify there are no violations on the property prior to authorizing a rent increase for major capital improvements. Primary sponsor: Kevin Parker (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the state division of housing and community renewal to verify there are no class B or C housing code violations or no more than 30 class A housing code violations on the property prior to authorizing a rent increase for major capital improvements for such property; provides that outstanding violations shall be corrected by the landlord and verified by the city rent agency prior to authorization of a rent increase.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kevin ParkerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
  2. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source