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
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                                          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.
                                                                   LBD09774-01-9

        A. 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.
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