New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-25
Measure to Exempt Mort
cages From Income
Tax Alone Defeated;
Legislature Adjourns
jury Trials i'm All
Dispossess Cases
S25, 600 Provided for I'm.
vestigation of Alleged
Bldg. Material Combine
From a stag Correspondent

From stag Correspondent
ALBANY, Sept. 24.-The Legis-
lature adjourned tonight after en-
acting the entire program of the
Lockwood housing committee, de-
signed to abolish rent profiteering,
with the exception of the bill ex-
empting incomes from mortgages
from the provisions of the state in
come tax.
The Legislature also adopted a
resolution of Senator J. Henry Wal
tiers, directing the committee to in
vestigate the alleged conspiracy Of
the building material men to boost
prices and to inquire into the condi-
tons of the mortgage market.
twenty-five thousand dollars was
appropriated to carry out this in
vestigation, which will start imme-
diately.
The Legislature met at 10 a. m.
after the leaders had been in an all
night conference with Judge Aaron
]. Levy, chief judge Of the Municipal
Court, and Municipal Court Judge
Harold A. Spiegelberg, perfecting
the seven measures which were
passed to-day. Before adjournment
both houses voted thanks to Judges
Levy and Spiegelberg.
Provisions of the Bills
The bills passed to-day provide:
That landlord cannot dispossess
tenant unless he desires to obtain
possession for personal use, intends
to build a new dwelling house, non
payment Of rent, or where the ten
ant is Objectionable
That local legislative bodies NAV
exempt new dwellings from taxation
for ten years.
That landlord cannot dspossess
tenant who refuses to pay an in
crease in. rent, providing the tenant
pays the old rate
That q landlord shall not increase
the rent of q tenant pending litiga-
ton with the renter.
That hold-over actions shall not OBJ
tain except in cases where the ten
ant is an undesirable.
That justices of the peace in Vest
chester County shall not have the
power to dispossess tenants.
That all amendments to the sum-
mary proceeding law shall apply only
to New York City and Westchester
County.
The Principal Amendment
All the bills place on the landlord
the burden of proof. The principal
amendment to the rent laws. which is
aimed at stopping proiiteering by linn
iting the dtspossess to four specific
cases, reads
Section 1921 Of the code of civil
procedure is hereby amended by in
sorting therein a new subdivision, to
be sub division IA, to read as follows.
.1-A-A public emergency existing,
no proceeding as prescribed in sub
division / of this section shall be main
tainable to recover the possession Of
real property in city of the first class
or IN a city in a county adjoining
city of the first class, occupied for
dwelling purposes, except a proceeding
to recover such possession upon the
ground that the person holding over is
Objectionable, in which case the land
lord shall establish to the satisfaction
of the court that the person holding
where the owner of record of >he
building, being a natural person, seeks
in good faith to recover possession of
the same, or q room or rooms therein,
for the immediate and personal occu-
pancy by himself and his family as .
dwelling.
COR proceeding where the petitioner
shows t. the satisfaction OF the court
that he desires in good faith to recover
premises for the purpose Of demolish.
ing the same with the intention Of con-
exclusively Cor dwelling purposes, plans
of which new building shall have been
duly filed and approved by the proper
authority. In pending proceeding
for the recovery Of real property in
su :. city, on the ground that the oc-
cupant holds over after the expiration
Of his term, a warrant shall not be
issued unless the petitioner establishes
to tn. satisfaction of the court that
the proceeding is one mentioned in the
exceptions enumerated in this sub.
DIVISION
This subdivision shall be in effect
only until the first day of Novem err
1929.
Chapter 1877 of the laws of 1920,
entitled AN act in relation to summary
proceedings to reeo" the possession
OF real prorerty e.ties of the first
class or in in a co-adjoining
city of first ca is hereby repealed.
This act sha.i take effect immedi.
ately."
Exemption of Dwellings
In the debate on the bills in the
Assembly Simon L. Adler, of Roches-
ter, declared that the most important
measure in the entire program was the
enc empowering local legislative bod.
les to exempt from taxation dwellings
for period of ten years. This applies
to construction started before 1922.
The bill giving local legislative bod
les power to exempt from local taxes
new buildings planned for dwelling
purposes provides:
Section /. Chapter 90 Of the laws OF
1909. entitled "An Act in Relation to
Taxation, Constituting Chaper 60 of the
ConeolidatA~ Laws" is hereby amended
by inserting therein new section. to
De Section q, TO read as follows,.
=, S-B. Exemption Of New B1sldinss
From Local Taxation.-Ths legislative