NYC Council · Int 0250-2026 · Committee

Providing financial assistance to low-income tenants displaced due to housing demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use, or removal of rent or income restrictions.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Jan 29, 2026

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Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing financial assistance to low-income tenants displaced due to housing demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use, or removal of rent or income restrictions” Read the full text

Housing and Buildings

What it does

This bill would require the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and landlords to provide financial assistance to qualifying low-income tenants who are displaced by housing demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use, or removal of rent or income restrictions. It would also require landlords to provide such tenants with 90-days’ notice and information about tenants’ rights before displacing tenants in connection with demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use, or the removal of rent or income restrictions.

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Where it is

Introduced by Council · Jan 29, 2026

Referred to Comm by Council · Jan 29, 2026 · the latest recorded action

Who decides next

This bill sits with the Housing and Buildings committee. These members decide whether it ever reaches a vote; 99% of bills a committee approves become law.

Pierina Ana Sanchez · chair Carl Wilson Crystal Hudson Kevin C. Riley Nantasha M. Williams Oswald J. Feliz Rita C. Joseph Shaun Abreu Susan Zhuang Virginia Maloney Yusef Salaam

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