A city legislative committee on March 11, 2025, considered printed number 3199 (sponsored by Senator Haldeman Seaton), a bill reported to the finance committee that would require property owners who render units uninhabitable through demolition or substantial renovation to rededicate an equal number of residential units of equivalent size to the same protected rent status and at the rent amount allowable for that status.

Why it matters: the measure would preserve rent‑regulated protections for tenants displaced by demolition or major rehabilitation by obligating landlords to restore the same number and size of protected units rather than permanently removing regulated units from the housing stock.

What the bill would do: under the language described in the transcript, if a landlord renders a unit uninhabitable by construction and meets specified criteria, the landlord must rededicate an equal number of units of equivalent size to the same protected status that the unit previously held, and the replacement units would be set at the rent level allowable for that status.

Discussion and vote: the transcript shows a motion to move the bill (mover identified as Senator Dava in the excerpt). During the vocal vote several senators responded “nay” multiple times. Despite those recorded nays, the transcript subsequently states the measure was reported from the committee. The transcript does not provide a full roll‑call list or numeric tallies tied to individual members for every vote.

Scope and limitations in the transcript: the excerpt summarizes the primary obligation on owners but does not provide the bill text, trigger criteria, enforcement mechanism, waiver provisions or implementation timelines. The transcript also does not specify whether the requirement would apply to all rent‑regulated categories or to a subset; it references the Administrative Code, the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 and the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law as the regulatory framework in which the bill would operate.

Next steps: the transcript indicates the bill was reported to finance for further consideration; the committee did not provide a complete roll call in the excerpt and did not specify any follow‑up reports or implementation assignments in the recorded portion.