Senate Bill S1104

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases membership of New York city housing authority

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A4687 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S1104 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4687
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Pub Hous L

2009-S1104 (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-S1104 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1104 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1104

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. DILAN, ADAMS, DIAZ, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN,
  KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY,  ONORATO,  PARKER,  SAMPSON  --  read  twice  and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Housing, Construction and Community Development

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

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

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