Section 8 - Administrationa.Whenever a city having a population of less than one million, or a town or village has determined the existence of an emergency pursuant to section three of this act, the state division of housing and community renewal shall be designated as the sole administrative agency to administer the regulation of residential rents as provided in this act. The costs incurred by the state division of housing and community renewal in administering such regulation shall be paid by such city, town or village. Such local resolution shall forthwith be transmitted to the state division of housing and community renewal and shall be accompanied by an initial payment in an amount previously determined by the commissioner of housing and community renewal as necessary to defray the division's anticipated first year cost. Thereafter, annually, after the close of the fiscal year of the state, the commissioner of housing and community renewal shall determine the amount of all costs incurred and shall certify to each such city, town or village its proportionate share of such costs, after first deducting therefrom the amount of such initial payment. The amount so certified shall be paid to the commissioner by such city, town or village within ninety days after the receipt of such certification. In the event that the amount thereof is not paid to the commissioner as herein prescribed, the commissioner shall certify the unpaid amount to the comptroller, and the comptroller shall withhold such amount from the next succeeding payment of per capita assistance to be apportioned to such city, town or village.b.The legislative body of any city, town or village acting to impose regulation of residential rents pursuant to the provisions of this act may impose on the owner of every building containing housing accommodations subject to such regulation an annual charge for each such accommodation in such amount as it determines to be necessary for the expenses to be incurred in the administration of such regulation.c. Whenever a city having a population of one million or more has determined the existence of an emergency pursuant to section three of this act, the provisions of this act and the New York city rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall be administered by the state division of housing and community renewal as provided in the New York city rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, as amended, or as otherwise provided by law. The costs incurred by the state division of housing and community renewal in administering such regulation shall be paid by such city. All payments for such administration shall be transmitted to the state division of housing and community renewal as follows: on or after April first of each year commencing with April, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the commissioner of housing and community renewal, in consultation with the director of the budget, shall determine an amount necessary to defray the division's anticipated annual cost, and one-quarter of such amount shall be paid by such city on or before July first of such year, one-quarter of such amount on or before October first of such year, one-quarter of such amount on or before January first of the following year and one-quarter of such amount on or before March thirty-first of the following year. After the close of the fiscal year of the state, the commissioner, in consultation with the director of the budget, shall determine the amount of all actual costs incurred in such fiscal year and shall certify such amount to such city. If such certified amount shall differ from the amount paid by the city for such fiscal year, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the next quarterly payment to be made by such city. In the event that the amount thereof is not paid to the commissioner, in consultation with the director of the budget, as herein prescribed, the commissioner, in consultation with the director of the budget, shall certify the unpaid amount to the comptroller, and the comptroller shall, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by law, withhold such amount from any state aid payable to such city. In no event shall the amount imposed on the owners exceed twenty dollars per unit per year.d. Notwithstanding subdivision c of this section or any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever the state has incurred any costs as a result of administering the rent regulation program for a city having a population of one million or more in accordance with subdivision c of this section, on or after April first of each year, the commissioner of housing and community renewal, in consultation with the director of the budget, shall determine an amount necessary to defray the state's anticipated annual cost. In the event that the division does not send a bill to the city to defray such costs in accordance with subdivision c of this section, it shall submit to the city an invoice showing all such costs as soon as practicable after the start of the state fiscal year in which the costs are to be incurred. The director of the budget may direct any other state agency to reduce the amount of any other payment or payments owed to such city or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof; provided however, that such reduction shall be made no sooner than thirty days after the transmittal of the invoice of costs, and shall be in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the state in administering the rent regulation program for such city in accordance with subdivision c of this section. Within thirty days of the receipt of the invoice of costs, the city may send to the division, in written form, requests for additional information relating to such costs, including any recommendations on which local assistance payment would be reduced. If the director of the budget makes such direction in accordance with this subdivision, the impacted city shall not make the payments required by subdivision c of this section, and the division of housing and community renewal shall notify such city in writing of what payment or payments will be reduced and the amount of the reduction and shall suballocate, as necessary, the value of the costs it incurred to the agency or agencies which reduces the payments to such city or any department, agency or authority thereof in accordance with this subdivision.e. The failure to pay the prescribed assessment not to exceed twenty dollars per unit for any housing accommodation subject to this act or the New York city rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall constitute a charge due and owing such city, town or village which has imposed an annual charge for each such housing accommodation pursuant to subdivision b of this section. Any such city, town or village shall be authorized to provide for the enforcement of the collection of such charges by commencing an action or proceeding for the recovery of such fees or by the filing of a lien upon the building and lot. Such methods for the enforcement of the collection of such charges shall be the sole remedy for the enforcement of this section.f. The division shall maintain at least one office in each county which is governed by the rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine or this act; provided, however, that the division shall not be required to maintain an office in the counties of Nassau, Rockland, or Richmond.N.Y. Emergency Tenant Protection Act Law § 8
Amended by New York Laws 2020, ch. 56, Secs. I-2, I-1 eff. 4/3/2020.Amended by New York Laws 2019, ch. 36, Sec. K-16, eff. 6/14/2019.