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The New York City Council - File #: Int 1470-2019
File #: Int 1470-2019 Version: * Name: Providing legal services to small business owners facing eviction proceedings.
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing legal services to small business owners facing eviction proceedings
Sponsors: Mark Levine, Carlina Rivera , Keith Powers , Helen K. Rosenthal, Diana Ayala
Summary: This bill would require the Office of Civil Justice Coordinator to provide brief legal assistance services to small business tenants facing eviction, subject to appropriation.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1470, 2. Int. No. 1470, 3. March 13, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Committee Report 3/18/19, 5. Hearing Testimony 3/18/19, 6. Hearing Transcript 3/18/19, 7. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-13-19, 8. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 13, 2019
3/18/2019 * Mark Levine Committee on Small Business Hearing Held by Committee Action details Meeting details Not available
3/18/2019 * Mark Levine Committee on Small Business Laid Over by Committee Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019 * Mark Levine City Council Referred to Comm by Council Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019 * Mark Levine City Council Introduced by Council Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 1470
By Council Members Levine, Rivera, Powers, Rosenthal and Ayala
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing legal services to small business owners facing eviction proceedings
Section 1. Section 26-1301 of chapter 13 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
Brief legal assistance. The term “brief legal assistance” means individualized legal assistance provided in a single consultation by a designated organization to a covered individual or covered small business tenant in connection with a covered proceeding.
Covered small business tenant. The term “covered small business tenant” means a business which is:
(i) a lessee in a commercial tenancy located in the city;
(ii) independently owned and operated;
(iii) not dominant in its field,
(iv) consistent with the size eligibility standards for small businesses identified by the United States small business administration and contained within section 121.201 of subpart A of part 121 of title 13 of the code of federal regulations; and
(v) a respondent in a covered proceeding.
Covered proceeding. The term “covered proceeding” means any summary proceeding in housing court to evict a covered individual or in any other court of competent jurisdiction to evict a covered small business tenant, including a summary proceeding to seek possession for the non-payment of rent or a holdover, or an administrative proceeding of the New York city housing authority or any other court of competent jurisdiction for termination of tenancy.
§2. Chapter 13 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 26-1302.1 to read as follows:
§ 26-1302.1 Provision of legal services to small businesses tenants. a. Subject to appropriation, the coordinator shall establish a program to provide access to legal services for covered small business tenants in covered proceedings and shall ensure that, no later than July 31, 2022:
1. all covered small business tenants receive access to brief legal assistance no later than their first scheduled appearance in a covered proceeding, or as soon thereafter as is practicable; and
2. all covered small business tenants receive access to full legal representation no later than their first scheduled appearance in a covered proceeding, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
b. Subject to appropriation, no later than October 1, 2019, the coordinator shall establish a program to provide access to legal services to covered small business tenants in covered proceedings who have been served with charges for termination of tenancy and shall ensure that, no later than July 31, 2022, all such tenants receive access to such legal services.
§3. Subdivision a of section 26-1303 of chapter 13 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
§ 26-1303 Public hearing. a. Following the establishment of the programs described by sections 26-1302 and 26-1302.1, the coordinator shall hold one public hearing each year to receive recommendations and feedback about such programs.
§4. Section 26-1304 of chapter 13 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
§ 26-1304 Reporting. a. No later than September 1, 2018 and annually by each September 1 thereafter, the coordinator shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post online, a review of the programs established pursuant to subdivision a of section 26-1302 and subdivision a of section 26-1302.1 and information regarding [its]the implementation of such programs, to the extent such information is available, including, but not limited to:
1. the estimated number of covered individuals and covered small business tenants;
3. the number of small businesses receiving legal services, disaggregated by the following characteristics of such businesses:
i. borough and postal code of business;
ii. age of business;
iii. size of business; and
iv. estimated length of tenancy.
4. outcomes immediately following the provision of full legal representation, as applicable and available, including, but not limited to, the number of:
i. case dispositions allowing individuals or small businesses to remain in their residence or place of business;
ii. case dispositions requiring individuals or small businesses to be displaced from their residence or place of business; and
4. non-payment and holdover petitions filed in housing court or other court of competent jurisdiction, warrants of eviction issued in housing court or other court of competent jurisdiction, and residential and small business evictions conducted by city marshals, disaggregated by borough.
b. No later than September 1, 2018 and annually by each September 1 thereafter, the coordinator shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post online, a review of the programs established pursuant to subdivision b of section 26-1302 and subdivision b of section 26-1302.1 and information regarding [its]the implementation of such programs, to the extent such information is available, including, but not limited to:
1. the number of tenants of buildings operated by the New York City housing authority that received legal services pursuant to the program described in such subdivision, disaggregated by:
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