Title ERL, Emergency Housing Rent Control Law 274/46 337/61

Chapter 274 of the laws of 1946 and as amended generally by chapter 337\n of the laws of 1961 Emergency housing rent control law\n Section 1. Declaration and findings; termination. 1. The legislature\nhereby finds that a serious public emergency continues to exist in the\nhousin…

§ 10. Prohibitions. 1. It shall be unlawful, regardless of any\ncontract, lease or other obligation heretofore or hereafter entered\ninto, for any person to demand or receive any rent for any housing\naccommodations in excess of the maximum rent or otherwise to do or omit\nto do…

§ 11. Enforcement. 1. Whenever in the judgment of the commission any\nperson has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which\nconstitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of section\nten of this act, the commission may make application to the supre…

§ 12. Application. 1. Whenever the commission shall find that, in any\nmunicipality specified by the commission, (a) the percentage of\nvacancies in all or any particular class of housing accommodations is\nfive per centum or more, or, (b) the availability of adequate rental\nho…

§ 13. Pending proceedings. The commission may provide for and\nauthorize the continued processing of any application or proceeding\npending at the time this act becomes effective, provided, however, that\nthe final determination of the commission in such pending application or\n…

§ 14. Intent. 1. It is the intention of this act to subject to control\nonly those housing accommodations, as that term is defined herein, which\nwere subject to rent control and for which a maximum rent was in effect\non March first, nineteen hundred fifty, pursuant to federal …

§ 15. Separability. If any provision of this act or the application of\nsuch provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the\nvalidity of the remainder of the act and the applicability of such\nprovision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected…

§ 16. Except for matters pending before the commission, no action or\nproceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this act as\namended shall take effect, brought by or against the commission, shall\nbe affected or abated by the enactment of this act or by anything\nt…

§ 17. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the\nemergency housing rent control law.\n

§ 2. Definitions. When used in this act, unless a different meaning\nclearly appears from the context, the following terms shall mean and\ninclude:\n 1. "Commission". Prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, the\ntemporary state housing rent commission created by this a…

§ 3. Temporary state housing rent commission. 1. There is hereby\ncreated a temporary state commission, to be known as the temporary state\nhousing rent commission. Such commission shall consist of one\ncommissioner, to be known as the state rent administrator, who shall be\napp…

§ 4. General powers and duties of the commission. 1. At the time this\nact shall become effective, the commission shall establish maximum rents\nwhich shall be\n (a) for housing accommodations outside the city of New York, the\nmaximum rent which was established on March first, …

§ 5. Evictions. 1. So long as the tenant continues to pay the rent to\nwhich the landlord is entitled, no tenant shall be removed from any\nhousing accommodation with respect to which a maximum rent is in effect\npursuant to this act by action to evict or to recover possession, …

§ 6. Investigations; records; reports. 1. The commission is authorized\nto make such studies and investigations, to conduct such hearings, and\nto obtain such information as the commission deems necessary or proper\nin prescribing any regulation or order under this act or in the…

§ 7. Cooperation with other governmental agencies. 1. The commission\nshall cooperate with the federal government and other appropriate\ngovernmental agencies in effectuating the purposes of this act, and\nshall endeavor to procure and may accept from the federal housing\nexpedi…

§ 8. Procedure. 1. After the issuance of any regulation or order by\nthe commission any person subject to any provision of such regulation or\norder may, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the\ncommission, file a protest against such regulation or order specifica…

§ 8-a. Major capital improvements and individual apartment\nimprovements in rent regulated units. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, the division of housing and community\nrenewal, the "division", shall promulgate rules and regulations\napplicable to…

§ 9. Judicial review. 1. Any person who is aggrieved by the final\ndetermination of a protest may, in accordance with article seventy-eight\nof the civil practice law and rules, within sixty days after such\ndetermination, commence a proceeding in the supreme court praying that\…