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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 09:06:40+00:00

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File #: Int 0981-2018 Version: * A Name: Regulation of short-term residential rentals.
Summary: This bill would require online short-term (less than 30 days) rental platforms that provide booking services for a fee to provide information about those transactions to the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement including: •	The address of the short term rental; •	The name and address of the rental host; •	The URL of the short term rental listing; •	Whether the short term rental was for the entire unit or part of it; •	The number of days the unit is rented; •	The fees collected by the online platform for booking services; and •	Information about rent collected by the booking service, where applicable. Platforms that solely list or advertise offers for short-term rentals would not be required to report on such listings. Any personal information obtained by the City must be protected to the fullest extent of all relevant state, federal and local laws including, where applicable, the state Freedom of Information Law and local laws 245/2017 and 247/2017, and maintained, stored and handled in a manner consistent with such laws. Failure to provide this information would result in a fine that is the greater of either $1,500 per listing for each reporting period in which the required information is not provided completely or accurately, or the total amount of the fees collected during the preceding year for transactions related to such listing, whichever is greater.
§ 26-2102 Requirements for booking services.
§ 26-2103 Exemptions for certain class B multiple dwellings.
Administering agency. The term “administering agency” means the office of special enforcement, as established under executive order number 96 for the year 2006, or such other agency as the mayor may designate by executive order.
2. Charges, collects or receives a fee for the use of such a platform or for provision of any service in connection with a short-term rental.
A booking service shall not be construed to include a platform that solely lists or advertises offers for short-term rentals.
Building. The term “building” means a building as defined in the New York city building code that is located in the city.
Class B multiple dwelling. The term “class B multiple dwelling” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the housing maintenance code.
Directly or indirectly. The term “directly or indirectly” means a person acting directly or indirectly through any subsidiary or affiliate thereof to perform the activity described in the definition of booking service.
Dwelling unit. The term “dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit, as such term is defined in the housing maintenance code, that is located in a building within the city.
Host. The term “host” means a person other than a booking service, including a co-host, who uses a booking service to offer, manage or administer a short-term rental.
Short-term rental. The term “short-term rental” means a rental for occupancy of fewer than 30 consecutive days of (i) a dwelling unit or part thereof or (ii) housing accommodations within a building.
(7) If such booking service collects rent for short-term rentals on behalf of such host, (i) the total amount of such rent received by such booking service and transmitted to such host and (ii) the account name and consistently anonymized identifier for the account number for the account used by such host to receive payments from such booking service or, if such booking service provides an explanation why such anonymized identifiers are unavailable, the account name and account number for such account.
b. A booking service shall obtain, from each host using such booking service to offer, manage or administer a short-term rental, lawful consent to provide the information described in subdivision a to the administering agency. Obtaining lawful consent may include, but is not limited to, advising or providing notice to a user of the booking service that new or continuing use of such booking service as a host constitutes consent to such disclosure. It shall not be a defense to a violation of subdivision a that the booking service did not obtain consent.
§ 26-2103 Exemptions for certain class B multiple dwellings. The administering agency shall publish a list of class B multiple dwellings lawfully used for transient occupancy, as compiled by such agency. The provisions of subdivisions a and b of section 26-2102 shall not apply to short-term rental of a dwelling unit or part thereof or of housing accommodations within a building in a class B multiple dwelling on such published list. Such agency shall promulgate rules that (i) establish a process for an owner of a class B multiple dwelling to have such multiple dwelling included on such list and (ii) provide for the review and updating of such list no less than every six months. The administering agency shall revise such list when notified of an error by the department of buildings or other agency.
§ 26-2104 Penalties. A booking service that fails to submit a report in compliance with subdivision a of section 26-2102 shall be liable for a civil penalty, to be assessed once per reporting period for each set of records corresponding to a listing which is missing, incomplete or inaccurate. The civil penalty shall not be more than the greater of $1,500 or the total fees collected during the preceding year by the booking service for transactions related to the listing. The civil penalties established by this section may be recovered in a proceeding before the office of administrative trials and hearings or a court of competent jurisdiction.
§ 26-2105 Privacy. a. Information reported pursuant to section 26-2102 shall be available for public review only to the extent required by federal, state and local law.
b. The administering agency shall establish rules governing retention and disposal of information obtained pursuant to this chapter.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, except that (i) the head of the administering agency, as such term is defined in section 26-2101 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by this local law, may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date and (ii) the mayor may designate an administering agency, as such term is defined in such section, before such effective date.

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