Bill Text: NY S05413 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to loans for a state-aided project owned by a limited-profit housing company and comprising in excess of five thousand rental dwelling units.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S05413 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S05413-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5413 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 1, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPADA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to loans for a state-aided project owned by a limited-profit housing company and comprising in excess of 5,000 rental dwelling units THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new 2 section 22-b to read as follows: 3 S 22-B. LOANS IN EXCESS OF PROJECT COST FOR A STATE-AIDED PROJECT 4 OWNED BY A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY AND COMPRISING IN EXCESS OF 5 FIVE THOUSAND RENTAL DWELLING UNITS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 6 THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER MAY APPROVE A LOAN AND 7 ENCUMBRANCE OF A STATE-AIDED PROJECT COMPRISING MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND 8 RENTAL DWELLING UNITS IN EXCESS OF ACTUAL PROJECT COST WITHIN THE MEAN- 9 ING OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT: 10 (A) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MAKING OF SUCH LOAN, THE CAPITAL RESERVES 11 OF THE PROJECT SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT AT LEAST EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE 12 PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF SUCH LOAN WHICH EXCEEDS SUCH ACTUAL PROJECT 13 COST; 14 (B) THE RENTS PAID BY THE TENANTS MAY NOT BE INCREASED TO PAY FOR ANY 15 CONSEQUENT INCREASE IN INDEBTEDNESS THAT IS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO PROJECT 16 COST OR OTHERWISE PERMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-TWO-A OF THIS 17 ARTICLE; AND 18 (C) THE COMPANY ENTERS INTO AN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN SUBJECT 19 TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN AN ADDI- 20 TIONAL THIRTY YEARS FROM ISSUANCE OF THE LOAN AND ENCUMBRANCE. 21 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11698-01-9