[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Fishkill: Art. I, 9-12-1983 by resolution. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Senior citizens tax exemption - See Ch. 147, Art. I.
[Adopted 9-12-1983 by resolution]
Any nonpurchasing tenant who is either an eligible senior citizen or an eligible disabled person as defined by Chapter 771 of the Laws of 1983[1] who is an occupant of a building or structure for which conversion is sought from residential rental status to cooperative or condominium ownership shall not, either prior to or subsequent to said conversion, be subject to removal from a unit occupied by such tenant prior to said conversion unless a proceeding is commenced against said tenant for either nonpayment of rent, illegal use or occupancy of the premises or refusal of reasonable access to the owner.
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Editor's Note: See § 352-e, Subdivision 2-a, of the General Business Law.
No rental increase may be imposed upon said nonpurchasing tenant who is either an eligible senior citizen or an eligible displaced person which is considered unreasonable or unconscionable by the Attorney General of the State of New York.