---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to rent regulation and tenant protection; repealer"
description: "Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; defines permanently vacated; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to public hearings by the city rent agency (Part A); relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the pre-HSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents (Part B); relates to the failure of owners to file rent registration statements and the enforcement powers of the commissioner of housing and community renewal (Part C)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2980"
citation: "New York S 2980 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a23eaf6-4c66-4e92-8ec0-738ab500e52d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2980"
source_hash: "94913677dacb2ebee1da25ed5d6a8bc5b47754f1f372334e5eede0544234defd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 2980 (2023-2024) — Relates to rent regulation and tenant protection; repealer

Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; defines permanently vacated; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to public hearings by the city rent agency (Part A); relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the pre-HSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents (Part B); relates to the failure of owners to file rent registration statements and the enforcement powers of the commissioner of housing and community renewal (Part C).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S2980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2980&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S2980A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2980A)
3. **S2980B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2980B)
4. **S2980C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2980C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **84–60** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **37–25** (pass) · upper
- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote - Version: B — **8–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-26** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** PRINT NUMBER 2980A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** PRINT NUMBER 2980B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.747
- **2023-05-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-22** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 2980C `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6216B
- **2023-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.864
- **2023-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.760 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a23eaf6-4c66-4e92-8ec0-738ab500e52d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).