Bill Text: NY A01310 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to permitting equal building access for occupants in certain affordable housing units.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to housing [A01310 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01310-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1310 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to non-preferential building access THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York 2 is amended by adding a new chapter 12 to read as follows: 3 CHAPTER 12 4 EQUAL BUILDING USE 5 S 26-1200 NON-PREFERENTIAL BUILDING ACCESS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, 6 RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, NO OCCUPANT OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING 7 UNIT, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 23-911 OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY 8 OF NEW YORK, LOCATED IN A BUILDING OWNED BY DEVELOPERS CURRENTLY RECEIV- 9 ING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR SUBSIDIES FROM THE STATE SHALL BE DENIED 10 ACCESS TO AN ENTRY TO THE BUILDING IN WHICH SUCH UNIT IS LOCATED THAT IS 11 MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY ANY OCCUPANT IN A NON-AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT 12 NOT UNIQUE TO SUCH OCCUPANT. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00857-02-5