Bill Text: NY A05789 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a housing authority's disposition of property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to housing [A05789 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05789-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5789
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 15, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Housing
        AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to a housing author-
          ity's disposition of property
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  k of subdivision 1 of section 37 of the public
     2  housing law, as amended by chapter 858 of the laws of 1968,  is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (k) lease or rent, as lessor or sublessor, any of the housing or other
     5  accommodations  or any of the lands, buildings, structures or facilities
     6  embraced in any project or connected with any program to provide  dwell-
     7  ing  accommodations  for persons of low income, and establish and revise
     8  the rents or charges therefor.  However, the lease or sale of  any  such
     9  lands,  buildings,  structures or facilities owned, leased, or otherwise
    10  in the control of an authority shall occur only after consultation  with
    11  and  approval  by  an  affected  resident  advisory  board or boards, as
    12  defined by section 903.13 of title 24  of  the  code  of  federal  regu-
    13  lations,  and evidenced by a letter issued by such board after a vote of
    14  the majority of its members, and pursuant to the federal rules and regu-
    15  lations applicable to  applications  for  the  disposition  of  property
    16  belonging to an authority;
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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