Special Meeting of the Village of Nyack Board of Trustees

Village of Nyack 9 North Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960 Village Board of Trustees Special Meeting December 21, 2023 5:30 pm YouTube meeting livestream access link (public comment is in-person only): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJIPWjS1Be7gq4S7KiIh7Ag 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Mayor-Elect Joe Rand’s Remarks 3. Public Comment – Discussion of Action Items Only – Public Speakers are Subject to a Three- Minute Time Limit. 4. Action Items 5: Resolution No. 2023-185 - Resolution of the Nyack Village Board of Trustees to Set a Public Hearing on January 11, 2024, to Consider Rescinding the November 9, 2023 Vote to Opt-In to/Adopt the New York State Emergency Tenant Protection Act WHEREAS, on November 9, 2023, the Village of Nyack (“Village”) Board of Trustees adopted Resolution No. 2023-161, declaring the existence of a housing public emergency requiring regulation of residential rents in certain housing accommodations, thereby opting into/adopting the NYS Emergency Tenant Protection Act (“EPTA”). WHEREAS, the Village has identified concerns with its rental housing vacancy analysis, and resulting declaration of a housing emergency, specifically in the accuracy of the survey/study pertaining to complexes with multiple buildings, placing in doubt the Village’s determination, on November 9, 2023, that a rental housing vacancy rate of less than 5% exists for the class of buildings built before 1974 and having 25 or more dwelling units. WHEREAS, the State of New York, on December 8, 2023, amended the ETPA to further empower municipalities to conduct more accurate vacancy surveys/studies, by bolstering municipalities’ ability to obtain more precise data on actual occupancy through collection of rent rolls, and other rental information, in addition to more vigorous data gathering means and methods, including the imposition of a monetary penalty for landlords that violate the ETPA’s survey/study mandates. WHEREAS, the Village would like to repeat its vacancy survey/study, using the more robust means and methods provided in the very recently amended ETPA law. RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nyack schedules a Public Hearing for January 11, 2024, 8:00 PM, to consider rescinding its aforesaid Resolution No. 2023-161 of November 9, 2023, that had declared the existence of a housing public emergency requiring the Page 1 of 2  regulation of residential rents in certain housing accommodations opting into/adopting the ETPA; and RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nyack directs the Village Administrator to repeat the residential rental vacancy survey/study using the updated means, methods and procedures, as prescribed in the recently amended ETPA, in anticipation of again opting into/adopting the ETPA if, indeed, a rental housing emergency is shown to legally exist. 6. Public Comment 7. Comments from the Board of Trustees 8. Adjournment 9. Welcome and Recognition of: • Mayor- Elect Joe Rand • Trustee-Elect Nathalie Riobe-Taylor • Trustee-Elect Joe Carlin • Village Justice-Elect Rob Knoebel Page 2 of 2