Bill Text: NY A04768 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4768 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that elderly and long-time residents of public housing shall not be subject to transfers based on family composition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to housing [A04768 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4768
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. TITUS, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         COOK, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Housing
       AN ACT to amend the public housing law,  in  relation  to  limiting  the
         right  of  the New York city housing authority to transfer elderly and
         long-time residents from their housing accommodations
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 6 of section 402 of the public housing law, as
    2  added by chapter 970 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
    3    6. In addition to all other powers granted by this  chapter,  the  New
    4  York  city  housing  authority shall have the power to act as and be and
    5  become a "developer", as that term is defined  in  subdivision  nine  of
    6  section four hundred fifty-two of the education law, of a combined occu-
    7  pancy  structure, as defined in subdivision five of section four hundred
    8  fifty-two of such law, which consists of a project, as defined  in  this
    9  chapter,  as well as of school accommodations or other facilities of the
   10  board of education of the city of New York, and  to  be  and  become  an
   11  "owner",  as  that  term  is defined in subdivision fifteen-a of section
   12  four hundred fifty-two of the education law, of the non-school  portion,
   13  consisting  of  a  project  as defined in this chapter, of such combined
   14  occupancy structure; and to do all things  necessary  or  convenient  to
   15  carry out such powers, including (a) construction of such combined occu-
   16  pancy  structure as a developer pursuant to the provisions of this chap-
   17  ter and article ten of the education law, and conveyance or lease of the
   18  school portion thereof, and (b) as an owner, making  and  entering  into
   19  contracts  for  acquisition,  lease, sublease or other agreements for or
   20  with respect to the non-school  portion,  consisting  of  a  project  as
   21  defined  in  this  chapter, pursuant to the provisions of article ten of
   22  the education law, and acquiring the same by transfer or  conveyance  to
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01745-01-3
       A. 4768                             2
    1  it  of  the  fee  title,  or of possession under such lease, sublease or
    2  other agreement.
    3    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY RESIDENT LEASE AGREEMENT
    4  ENTERED INTO BY THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  HOUSING  AUTHORITY,  CONTAINING  A
    5  "TRANSFER  TO  APPROPRIATE  SIZE APARTMENT" PROVISION, OR SUCH PROVISION
    6  HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME EFFECT, SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE A MEMBER  OF
    7  THE  HOUSEHOLD LAWFULLY OCCUPYING THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION IS SIXTY-TWO
    8  YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND HAS BEEN A TENANT  IN  THE  HOUSING  ACCOMMO-
    9  DATION IN THAT BUILDING FOR TWENTY YEARS OR MORE.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.