Assembly Bill A4687

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases membership of New York city housing authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4687 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1104
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Pub Hous L

2009-A4687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the membership of the New York city housing authority to include two additional members to be appointed by the mayor; provides that the new members shall be residents of a public housing project and shall receive a stipend of $250 per month.

2009-A4687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4687

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  V. LOPEZ,  WRIGHT, ORTIZ, P. RIVERA, ARROYO,
  KAVANAGH, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  AUBRY,  DIAZ,
  FARRELL, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public housing law, in relation to modifying the
  composition of the membership of the New York city  housing  authority
  to specifically include tenant representatives

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 402 of the  public  housing
law,  subdivision 3 as added and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 916
of the laws of 1958, are amended to read as follows:
  3. On and after May first, nineteen hundred fifty-eight, the authority
shall consist of three members appointed by the mayor, one of whom shall
be designated by the mayor as chairman removable at his pleasure.    The
members  other than the chairman first appointed for terms commencing on
May first, nineteen hundred fifty-eight, shall be appointed for terms of
three and five years, respectively. Thereafter the  term  of  office  of
each  member  other  than  the  chairman shall be five years.  The mayor
shall file with the commissioner of housing a certificate of appointment
of the chairman and of each member. Any member other than  the  chairman
may be removed by the mayor for cause after a public hearing.  [Not more
than  two  members  of  the authority shall belong to the same political
party] ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST IN THE YEAR NEXT SUCCEEDING THE  YEAR  IN
WHICH  THIS  SENTENCE  SHALL TAKE EFFECT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIST OF
TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.   EACH  SUCH
ADDITIONAL  MEMBER MUST BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND BE A RESI-
DENT OF A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT OF THE AUTHORITY. THE INITIAL TERMS  OF
SUCH  ADDITIONAL MEMBERS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: ONE MEMBER SHALL SERVE FOR
A TERM OF TWO YEARS AND ONE MEMBER SHALL  SERVE  FOR  A  TERM  OF  THREE
YEARS,  THEREAFTER  SUCH ADDITIONAL MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR A THREE YEAR
TERM OF OFFICE.  A vacancy in the office of  a  member  other  than  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05018-01-9
              

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