The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) ombudsperson and Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) ombudsperson positions were created by the New York City Council in 2015 to investigate and address issues concerning the Rent Freeze Program.
The ombudspersons provide data regarding their work at the end of each fiscal year and make annual recommendations to the Department of Finance (DOF) commissioner regarding Rent Freeze Program operations.
On Local Law 89 of 2019 amended Section 9-148 of the Administrative Code of
the City of New York to eliminate the uniform administrative fee for payments of bail unless the
chief administrator of the courts requires a party making a payment of bail to pay a reasonable
administrative fee.