Bill Text: NY A05401 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires annual inspections of Mitchell-Lama buildings; requires the appointment of housing management representatives to perform such inspections; requires notification of violations to housing companies; requires such housing companies to certify correction of violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - referred to housing [A05401 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-A05401-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5401 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to requir- ing housing owned by limited-profit housing companies to be inspected on an annual basis by a housing management representative The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 32-a of the private housing finance law is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows: 3 15. (a) Direct their department or the supervising agency to appoint a 4 housing management representative to each company to perform an annual 5 inspection of each building owned or maintained by a housing company 6 pursuant to this article and shall notify the housing company of any 7 violations found as a result of such inspection within five business 8 days of such inspection; provided, however, that if any violation found 9 as a result of such inspection presents hazardous conditions and 10 requires an immediate response then such notification shall be provided 11 to the housing company immediately. The department or supervising agency 12 shall require that the housing company certify correction of such 13 violation within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the commis- 14 sioner or the supervising agency; provided, however, that a reasonable 15 timeframe shall be no longer than: (i) ninety days for a non-hazardous 16 condition, including, but not limited to, missing peepholes, failure to 17 place street numbers on the front of the dwelling, and improper seats on 18 toilets; (ii) thirty days for a hazardous condition, including, but not 19 limited to, leaks, small holes, inadequate lighting for stairs, missing 20 smoke detectors, or unlawful bars on windows; (iii) twenty-one days for 21 a lead-based paint or window guard violation; and (iv) twenty-four hours 22 for any immediately hazardous condition, including, but not limited to, 23 inadequate heat or hot water supply, rodents, broken or defective plumb- 24 ing fixtures, defective plaster and defective faucets. The department or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08351-01-5A. 5401 2 1 supervising agency shall post the results of such inspections and any 2 ensuing certification of correction of violation on the department or 3 supervising agency's website. 4 (b) Each development shall have a housing management representative 5 assigned to them by the department or supervising agency that oversees 6 such development. Such housing management representative shall be 7 responsible for monitoring and evaluating the development's managements 8 as outlined in Title 9 of the New York Codes, Rules & Regulations. 9 Housing management representatives shall conduct the annual on-site 10 inspection of the development and provide the results of the inspection, 11 including recommendations, in a written report to the development and 12 housing company. The department or supervising agency shall require the 13 development's board of directors or managing agent to respond to the 14 report within thirty days, detailing the housing company's plan for 15 corrective action. 16 (c) An inspection may include, but is not limited to: a physical 17 inspection of all buildings in the development, the grounds, common 18 facilities and central systems for general construction; a review of all 19 records the agency or supervising authority deems relevant; interviews 20 of shareholders, board members, housing company employees and management 21 company employees and any other information which the department or 22 supervising agency deems relevant. 23 (d) The department or supervising agency shall review any local 24 health, safety or building code violations reports or notices retained 25 by the housing company and shall determine whether the buildings and 26 units satisfy the uniform physical conditions standards established by 27 HUD (24 CFR 5.703). The HUD physical condition standards shall not 28 supersede or preempt local health, safety and building codes. 29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
