Assembly bill1865-A (Linda Rosenthal, et al.) repeals Vacancy Deregulation and re-regulates 98 percent of the apartments that have been deregulated through Vacancy Deregulation in the last two decades.
To see which Assembly members have put their names on this bill as co-prime sponsors or multi-sponsors, go to www.assembly.state.ny.us/
Since the amended bill was introduced March 12, four additional Assembly members have added their names to the bill as co-prime sponsors (this means that their names show up on the Assembly web site, but not on the print of the bill, as they became sponsors after A1865-A was printed):
Shelley Mayer 90 AD, Yonkers
Tom Abinanti 92 AD, Tarrytown
Jo Anne Simon 52 AD, Brooklyn
Latoya Joyner 77 AD, Bronx
Please do what you can to recruit additional sponsors. See the list below, broken down by county/borough.
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS WHO SHOULD BE SPONSORS OF A1865-A:
Brooklyn
Peter Abbate 49 AD
Charles Barron 60 AD
Erik Dilan 54 AD
Dov Hikind 48 AD
Roxanne Persaud 59 AD
Latrice Walker 55 AD
Helene Weinstein 41 AD
Bronx
Carmen Arroyo 84 AD
Michael Blake 79 AD
Marcos Crespo 85 AD
Mark Gjonaj 80 AD
Queens
Jeffrion Aubry 35 AD
Edward Braunstein 26 AD
Barbara Clark 33 AD
Michael DenDekker 34 AD
Philip Goldfeder 23 AD
Andrew Hevesi 28 AD
Ron Kim
Michael Miller 38 AD
Francisco Moya 39 AD
Catherine Nolan 37 AD
Nily Rozic
Michael Simanowitz 27 AD
Aravella Simotas 36 AD
Manhattan
Guillermo Linares 72 AD
Daniel O’Donnell 69 AD
Dan Quart
Robert Rodriguez 68 AD
Rebecca Seawright 76 AD
Staten Island
Michael Cusick 63 AD
Matthew Titone 61 AD
Nassau County
Todd Kaminsky 20 AD
Michaelle Solages 22 AD
Westchester County
David Buchwald 93 AD
Steven Otis
Amy Paulin
All these Assembly members represent districts that include rent-regulated apartments. If you have influence with any of the legislators on this list, please ask that they add their names to the bill as co-prime sponsors. The more Assembly members who sponsor the bill, the more we can look to the Assembly leadership to make stronger rent protections a priority between now and June 15.
NOTE: Carl Heastie (83 AD, Bronx) was a sponsor of this bill earlier in the legislative session, but after he was elected Speaker he took his name off all bills including this one, in order not to influence his members. Speaker Heastie has stated that winning stronger rent protection laws is one of his major priorities for the end of session.
Please let me know of any results of your efforts to recruit additional sponsors. For some of these legislators, it is simply a matter of calling this bill to their attention and asking them to become sponsors.
Michael McKee
Treasurer
Tenants Political Action Committee