Bill Text: NY A04376 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the answer time in proceedings before the division of housing and community renewal to 90 days.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to housing [A04376 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04376-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4376
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A.  GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Housing
        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the time to
          answer in proceedings before the division  of  housing  and  community
          renewal
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  260-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 260-a. Answers before the division of housing and community renewal.
     4  Notwithstanding  section  2527.4 of title 9 of the New York codes, rules
     5  and regulations, in any proceeding before the division  of  housing  and
     6  community  renewal  governed  by  part  2527  of title 9 of the New York
     7  codes, rules and regulations, a person who has been served with a notice
     8  of a proceeding accompanied by an application or complaint shall have no
     9  less than ninety days from the date of mailing in  which  to  answer  or
    10  reply,  except in exceptional circumstances, the division of housing and
    11  community renewal may require a shorter period. Every  answer  or  reply
    12  shall  be  verified  or  affirmed, and an original and one copy shall be
    13  filed with the division of housing and community renewal.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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