Bill Text: NY A08428 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the powers of the division of housing and community renewal; permits the division in cooperation with the NY housing finance agency, and the NY housing trust fund corporation and its subsidiaries to issue and impose orders, directives and assess actual and pecuniary penalties, or other remedies and relief necessary to assure compliance with the law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to housing [A08428 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08428-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8428 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 17, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ -- (at request of the New York State Homes and Community Renewal) -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the powers of 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. Section 14 of the public housing law is amended by adding 2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. (a) In addition to any other authority otherwise provided in law, 4 regulation or directive, the division of housing and community renewal 5 in cooperation with the New York housing finance agency, and the New 6 York housing trust fund corporation and its subsidiaries, in order to 7 effectuate compliance with such laws, regulations, directives, and 8 agreements and to enjoin failures to do that which is required by law, 9 regulation, agreements or directive, on behalf of any housing provider, 10 housing company, housing-project or other entity, is authorized to: 11 (i) issue and impose orders, directives and assess actual and pecuni- 12 ary penalties, or other remedies and relief necessary to assure compli- 13 ance and penalize noncompliance with law, regulation, directive or 14 agreement; and 15 (ii) establish the procedure for the implementation of the require- 16 ments of this subdivision. 17 (b) The division of housing and community renewal in cooperation with 18 the New York housing finance agency, and the New York housing trust fund 19 corporation and its subsidiaries is authorized to promulgate such regu- 20 lations and other rules and directives necessary to effectuate this 21 subdivision. Regulations, rules or directives promulgated by the divi- 22 sion of housing and community renewal, New York state housing finance 23 agency, or the housing trust fund corporation and its subsidiaries, 24 shall be operable to all such housing providers, housing companies, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09774-01-9A. 8428 2 1 housing-projects or other entities that receive financing from the divi- 2 sion of housing, the New York state housing finance agency, or the New 3 York state housing trust fund corporation and its subsidiaries. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.