STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4376 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 2, 2017 ___________ 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. LBD05010-01-7