ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Despite initially selecting Tuesday night's meeting to vote on a recently strengthened version of Good Cause Eviction legislation, Rochester City Council President Miguel Melendez announced that vote will now be pushed back to December. “I believe it is important to act in December so that my Council colleagues can vet the full package of resolutions in coordination with the report, and with that due diligence, give this important legislation their full consideration,” Melendez announced. Earlier this month, Rochester City Council released a new report, offering an updated version of the Good Cause Eviction legislation that was initially introduced back in June. The new version redefines a small landlord, who would be exempt from this legislation. In the state, a small landlord is defined as someone who owns 10 units or less. When Rochester’s initial proposal came through City Council, that exemption was criticized by some advocates who said it would leave a good percentage of the city out of these protections. The new report recommended dropping that number from ten to one for the City of Rochester. Rochester City Council report details refined Good Cause Eviction legislation "Currently, nine cities in New York State have what we call the strongest version of Good Cause Eviction allowed by law," said Oscar Brewer, a local housing advocate. "All units are covered. There's no LOC (Letter of Credit) loophole. LOC loophole: A landlord can hide properties on their LOC and say, 'I don't have ten units I only got one unit.' We're not bashing landlords; we're just asking for basic tenant rights." Housing advocates rallied outside Rochester City Hall Tuesday night. While Tuesday night's vote was officially pushed back to December at the direction of Melendez, not every city councilmember agreed with that decision. In a statement released Tuesday night by councilmembers Stanley Martin, Mary Lupien and Kim Smith, they called the move disappointing and frustrating. "Since our body came together to unanimously introduce Good Cause in June, over 300 families have faced evictions that could have been prevented by the passage of Good Cause, nearly 100 more since our October Council meeting.  The lack of urgency by the Council President around protecting families and keeping them in their homes, especially as we enter the holiday season, is especially hard to sit with," they announced. Landlords in our area who News 8 has spoken with in the past on the matter remain split. Freedom First Real Estate Investors Association President Matt Drouin said these protections would do more harm than good. "The proposed legislation does nothing to positively improve housing affordability or to improve housing quality in our community.  It does have an immense amount of impact on public safety and quality of life because it essentially makes evictions due to tenants staying beyond their agreed upon contract date illegal. "If there is a tenant that exhibits behavior, behavior such as drug dealing and domestic violence/disturbance the only realistic way for a landlord to remove that tenant is through holdover eviction.  Otherwise, under Good Cause, it would require a landlord to build a civil case admissible in court against a bad tenant." Good Cause Eviction, according to its supporters, aims to protect renters from rate hikes, unfair evictions and guarantee lease renewals to those who pay rent on time. Rochester City Council is expected to put it up for a vote during its Dec. 17 meeting. Should it pass, Melendez said he intends to create a task force to oversee its implementation in the city and create an educational campaign for city residents to fully understand what it means.