§ 20 — Annual reports

§ 20. Annual reports. 1. The commissioner shall, on or before October\nfirst in each year, beginning in nineteen hundred ninety, submit one or\nmore reports to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the\nspeaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and minority\nleader of the assembly on the activity and implementation of the state\nhousing assistance programs for the previous fiscal year. In addition,\nthe commissioner shall, on or before February first in each year,\nbeginning in nineteen hundred ninety-one, submit an interim report which\ncontains, in tabular format only, the non-narrative data compiled\nthrough November thirtieth of each year. The commissioner shall submit\non or before February first, nineteen hundred ninety a report for the\nfiscal year commencing April first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and\nthe most up to date non-narrative data, in tabular format only, but in\nno event less than the data compiled through September thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred eighty-nine. All such reports shall include, but not be\nlimited to the low income housing trust fund program, the affordable\nhome ownership development program, the urban initiatives program, the\nrural area revitalization program, the rural rental assistance program,\nthe homeless housing and assistance program, the housing opportunities\nprogram for the elderly, the state of New York mortgage agency forward\ncommitment and mortgage insurance programs, the housing finance agency\nsecured loan rental program, the turnkey/enhanced housing trust fund\nprogram, the special needs housing program, the permanent housing for\nthe homeless program, the infrastructure development demonstration\nprogram and the mobile home cooperative fund program. For the purpose of\nproducing such report or reports, the commissioner shall be authorized\nto rely on information provided by each administering agency or\nauthority. Such report or reports shall, to the extent applicable to a\nspecific program, include but not be limited to: (i) a narrative for\neach program reported describing the program purpose, eligible\napplicants, eligible areas, income population to be served, and\nlimitations on funding; (ii) for each eligible applicant receiving\nfunding under the Housing Trust Fund or the Affordable Home Ownership\nDevelopment programs during the year specified herein, such applicant's\nname and address, a description of the applicant's contract amount, a\nnarrative description of the specific activities performed by such\napplicant, and the income levels of the occupants to be served by the\nunits all as proposed by the applicant at the time the contract is\nawarded; (iii) a description of the distribution of funds for each\ncategory of project funded under each program; (iv) the number of units\nor beds under award, under contract, under construction and completed\nbased on a change in project status during the year for each program;\n(v) the number of units or beds assisted during the year under each\nprogram; (vi) the amount and type of assistance provided for such units\nor beds placed under contract; (vii) based on total project costs, the\nnumber of units or beds under contract and assisted through new\nconstruction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate rehabilitation,\nimprovements to existing units or beds, and through acquisition only for\neach program; (viii) for the number of units or beds under contract\nassisted through new construction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate\nrehabilitation, improvements to existing units or beds, and through\nacquisition only, the level of state assistance expressed as a\npercentage of total project cost; (ix) for those units and beds under\ncontract a calculation of the amount of non-state funds provided\nexpressed as a percentage of total project cost; (x) the number of units\nor beds completed and under award, under contract and under construction\nfor each program based on the current program pipeline; (xi) for units\nor beds for which mortgage assistance was provided by the state of New\nYork mortgage agency, the number of existing and newly constructed\nunits; and (xii) a list, by program, of units or beds assisted within\neach county. To the extent that any law establishing or appropriating\nfunds for any of the aforementioned programs requires the commissioner\nto produce a report containing data substantially similar to that\nrequired herein, this report shall be deemed to satisfy such other\nrequirements.\n 2. The commissioner shall, on or before December thirty-first, two\nthousand nineteen, and on or before December thirty-first in each\nsubsequent year, submit and make publicly available a report to the\ngovernor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the\nassembly, and on its website, on the implementation of the system of\nrent regulation pursuant to chapter five hundred seventy-six of the laws\nof nineteen hundred seventy-four, chapter two hundred seventy four of\nthe laws of nineteen hundred forty-six, chapter three hundred\ntwenty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-three, chapter five\nhundred fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-two, chapter\nfour hundred two of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-three, chapter\none hundred sixteen of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven,\nsections 26-501, 26-502, and 26-520 of the administrative code of the\ncity of New York and the housing stability and tenant protection act of\n2019. Such report shall include but not be limited to: a narrative\ndescribing the programs and activities undertaken by the office of rent\nadministration and the tenant protection unit, and any other programs or\nactivities undertaken by the division to implement, administer, and\nenforce the system of rent regulation; and in tabular format, for each\nof the three fiscal years immediately preceding the date the report is\ndue: (i) the number of rent stabilized housing accommodations within\neach county; (ii) the number of rent controlled housing accommodations\nwithin each county; (iii) the number of applications for major capital\nimprovements filed with the division, the number of such applications\napproved as submitted, the number of such applications approved with\nmodifications, and the number of such applications rejected; (iv) the\nmedian and mean value of applications for major capital improvements\napproved; (v) the number of units which were registered with the\ndivision where the amount charged to and paid by the tenant was less\nthan the registered rent for the housing accommodation; (vi) for housing\naccommodations that were registered with the division where the amount\ncharged to and paid by the tenant was less than the registered rent for\nthe housing accommodation, the median and mean difference between the\nregistered rent for a housing accommodation and the amount charged to\nand paid by the tenant; (vii) the median and mean registered rent for\nhousing accommodations for which the lease was renewed by an existing\ntenant; (viii) the median and mean registered rent for housing\naccommodations for which a lease was signed by a new tenant after a\nvacancy; (ix) the median and mean increase, in dollars and as a\npercentage, in the registered rent for housing accommodations where the\nlease was signed by a new tenant after a vacancy; (x) the median and\nmean increase, in dollars and as a percentage, in the registered rent\nfor housing accommodations where the lease was signed by a new tenant\nafter a vacancy, where the amount changed to and paid by the prior\ntenant was the full registered rent; (xi) the median and mean increase,\nin dollars and as a percentage, in the registered rent for housing\naccommodations where the lease was signed by a new tenant after a\nvacancy, where the amount changed to and paid by the prior tenant was\nless than the registered rent; (xii) the number of rent overcharge\ncomplaints processed by the division; (xiii) the number of final\novercharge orders granting an overcharge; (xiv) the number of\ninvestigations commenced by the tenant protection unit, the aggregate\nnumber of rent stabilized or rent controlled housing accommodations in\neach county that were the subject of such investigations, and the\ndispositions of such investigations. At the time the report is due, the\ncommissioner shall make available to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and shall make\npublicly available, and on its website in machine readable format, the\ndata used to tabulate the figures required to be included in the report,\ntaking any steps necessary to protect confidential information regarding\nongoing investigations, individual buildings, housing accommodations,\nproperty owners, and tenants.\n