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NYSAR End-of-Legislative Session Overview and Bill StatusFair Housing billsS.538-B-Kaplan/A.4638-A-Sillitti: Adds 2 hours of implicit bias education for real estate licensees within the 22.5 hours of CE requirements.NYSAR Supported Status: Passed both housesS.979-A-Gaughran/A.844-A-Jean-Pierre: Adds 2 hours of cultural competency education for real estate licensees within the 22.5 hours of CE requirements.NYSAR was NeutralStatus: Passed both housesS.2132-B-Skoufis/A.5359-Cruz: Increases pre-licensing broker and salesperson course hour requirements and requires instructors’ compliance in course education under oath.NYSAR Supported Status: Passed both housesS2133-A-Skoufis/A.5363-Jean-Pierre: Adds an additional $30 surcharge to the license fee for real estate brokers and an additional $10 surcharge to the license fee for real estate salespersons to be used for statewide fair housing testing efforts.NYSAR Supported Status: Passed both housesS.2157-A-Thomas/A.6355-Solages: Requires two years’ experience as an associate broker before designation as an office manager.NYSAR Supported Status: Passed both housesS.2131-A-Skoufis/A.6186-Griffin: Requires the secretary of state to promulgate regulations requiring real estate brokers to institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers shall meet prior to receiving any services; allows for a penalty to be imposed on any broker or salesperson who fails to comply with such standardized operating procedures.NYSAR was NeutralStatus: Passed both housesS.5982-Skoufis/A.7350-Fahy: Increases the total number of hours required to obtain a real estate broker’s license from 120 to 150 hours and increase the number of consecutive years licensed as a real estate agent prior to becoming a broker from 2 years to 5 years.NYSAR Supported Status: Bill did not advance in either houseS.112-Kaplan/A.4665-Sillitti: Creates a statewide fair housing testing program administered by the state Attorney General.NYSAR SupportedStatus: Passed Senate onlyS.2846-Kavanagh/A.5856-Lavine; S.2874-Kavanagh/A.1623-Perry; S.1449-Sanders/A.6510-Walker: Varying bills to help ensure fairness and transparency in the cooperative housing purchase process and combat illegal discrimination.NYSAR Supported Status: Bills did not advance in either houseAdditional Legislative Priority billsS.6967-Gaughran/A.6756-Cusick: Removes the state’s ban on cold calling by real estate licensees during states of emergency.NYSAR SupportedStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseA.2685-Joyner/No same as: Redefines certain independent contractor work to expand the definition of employee.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseS.6427-Brisport/A.7934-Mamdani: Prohibits landlords and landlords’ agents from collecting broker fees from a tenant.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseS.4199-Hoylman/A.5736-Glick: Imposes a Pied-a-Terre Tax, which would implement a new, recurring annual property tax on New York City properties valued at over $5 million.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseS.3082-Salazar/A.5573-Hunter: Imposes a statewide “good cause” eviction standard, which would prohibit evictions except under certain defined circumstances and would cap annual rent increases to either 3 percent or 1.5 times the CPI.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseS.4264-A-Parker/A.6967-Cahill: Establishes the Climate and Community Investment Act which would impose new taxes and fees on carbon-based emissions resulting in higher costs for homeowners and consumers.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseS.5116-C-Harckham/A.7850-Englebright: Expands the scope of DEC’s regulatory authority to oversee and expand freshwater wetlands throughout the state and removing critical government oversight and public input. NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Senate onlyS.5376-Salazar/A.6574-Cruz; A.3259-Dilan: Imposes an additional 50-65 percent real estate transfer tax on properties in New York City that are sold within one or two years of its prior purchase.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bills did not advance in either houseS.6877-Kavanagh/A.4587-A-Thiele: Clarifies that seasonal or temporary vacation tenancies for 120 days or less are excluded from the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 provisions regulating deposits and advances for permanent residential dwelling units.NYSAR SupportedStatus: Passed both housesS.1448(Hoylman)/No same as: Requires every real estate salesperson and real estate broker involved in or present during a real estate transaction to legibly write his or her license number and signature on every document requiring a signature.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Senate OnlyS.3369-Bailey; S.665-Sanders/A.3838-Vanel: Creates middle- and low-income homeownership incentive programs to make homebuying more accessible for all New Yorkers. NYSAR SupportedStatus: Bills did not advance in either houseA.5585-Schmitt/S.1810-Skoufis: Authorizes the town of Chester in Orange County to establish a community preservation fund and real estate transfer tax.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Senate onlyA.5373-Lawler/No same as: Authorizes the town of Orangetown in Orange County to establish a community preservation fund and real estate transfer tax.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Assembly onlyA.5761-Schmitt/S.1811-Skoufis: Authorizes the town of Blooming Grove to establish a community preservation fund and establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in such fund, pending public referendum. NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed both housesA.3807-A/S.2193-A: Establishes an affordable housing 5-year capital plan for NYS Homes and Community Renewal. NYSAR SupportedStatus: Passed both housesA.399-B/S.1780-C: Allows for notarization to be done electronically with the use of video conference technology. NYSAR SupportedStatus: Passed both housesA.2633/S.6492: Authorizes towns in the Peconic Bay region to establish community housing funds to be funded by a supplemental real estate transfer tax, while providing for an increase in the exemption from the regular real estate transfer tax for properties $2 million or less. NYSAR SupportedStatus: Passed both housesS.2929-B-Parker/A.6375-A-Perry: Directs the Secretary of State to conduct public hearings and investigation into potential intense and repeated real estate solicitations in Brooklyn for the purpose of considering a cease-and-desist zone.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed both housesS.2913-Parker/No same as: Designates the entire borough of Brooklyn a cease-and-desist zone.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseS.4878-Ryan/No same as: Requires the state Public Service Commission to study the availability and affordability of broadband internet services throughout the state.NYSAR SupportsStatus: Bill did not advance in either houseS.5061-A-Oberacker/A.6059-A-Salka: Authorizes the county of Otsego to impose an additional mortgage recording tax of 25 cents per $100 of principal debt.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Assembly onlyS.6167-A-Oberacker/A.6953-A-Kelles: Authorizes the county of Cortland to impose an additional local real estate transfer tax of $1 per $500.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Assembly onlyOther LegislationA.6608-A(Rivera)/S.2142-A(Kavanaugh): Requires disclosure of lead-based paint test reports in real estate transactions for properties built prior to 1978.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Assembly onlyS.5144-BGianaris/A.6539-B-Kelles: Prohibits enforcement of personal liability provisions against individuals in the event of default on a commercial lease, where the commercial tenant was restricted from operating under certain executive orders relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Passed Senate onlyS.5257-C-Gianaris/A.6593-B-Reyes: Enacts the "Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity act" to provide a mechanism for the state to finance the acquisition of distressed hotels and commercial office properties by nonprofit organizations for the purpose of maintaining or increasing affordable housing.NYSAR Took No PositionStatus: Passed both housesS.5394-Parker/A.2261-Simon: Enacts "private environmental law enforcement act"; authorizes any private citizen who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence civil judicial actions for injunctive or declaratory relief to remedy environmental harms under certain circumstances.NYSAR OpposedStatus: Bill did not advance in either house ................
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