Bill Text: NY S05153 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a housing task force addressing affordable housing for millennials in suburban counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S05153 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05153-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5153
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development
        AN  ACT  to establish a housing task force addressing affordable housing
          for millennials in suburban counties
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  A  housing  task  force to address affordable housing for
     2  millennials in suburban counties is hereby established. The role of  the
     3  task force includes, but is not limited to:
     4    (a) facilitating interagency planning and policy;
     5    (b)  reviewing  specific agency initiatives for affordable housing for
     6  millennials ages 25 to 35;
     7    (c) providing a  continuing  forum  to  discuss  concerns  and  issues
     8  related to the formulation of state policy designed to help address this
     9  issue;
    10    (d)  developing  linkages and partnerships with housing developers and
    11  other appropriate entities to address the problem of lack of  affordable
    12  housing for millennials; and
    13    (e) identifying existing state initiatives that would aid in providing
    14  millennials with resources to find affordable housing.
    15    §  2. On or before two years after the effective date of this act, the
    16  task force shall issue its findings, any legislative recommendations  or
    17  proposed  state  policy  it  deems  necessary to the governor, temporary
    18  president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the
    19  senate, and minority leader of the assembly.
    20    § 3. The task force shall consist of a total of ten members and  shall
    21  be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by the department
    22  of  homes  and  community  renewal; one member shall be appointed by the
    23  department of economic development; one member shall be appointed joint-
    24  ly by the housing finance agency and the  mortgage  agency;  one  member
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  shall  be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one member
     2  shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member  shall  be
     3  appointed  by the senate housing, construction and community development
     4  committee; one member shall be appointed by the assembly housing commit-
     5  tee;  and three members shall be appointed by the governor.  All members
     6  of the task force shall have experience in or  represent  the  following
     7  areas:  housing  providers  and  associations, real estate providers and
     8  associations, mortgage providers and associations and millennial consum-
     9  ers.
    10    § 4. The county executives from Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk  coun-
    11  ties  shall each select one of the members appointed in section three of
    12  this act, and such members shall constitute a sub-task force to focus on
    13  affordable housing for millennials in Westchester,  Nassau  and  Suffolk
    14  counties.
    15    §  5.  One  of  the appointments by the governor shall serve as chair-
    16  person of the task force.
    17    § 6. The members of the task force shall  serve  without  compensation
    18  and  the  empire  state development corporation shall be responsible for
    19  any expenses incurred by the task force.
    20    § 7. All departments, divisions, bureaus,  commissions,  districts  or
    21  agencies  of  the  state or any political subdivisions thereof shall, at
    22  the request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facili-
    23  ties, assistance and data as will enable the task force to carry out its
    24  powers and duties.
    25    § 8. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    26  have become a law.