Senate Bill S3759

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to membership and composition of the New York city housing authority board

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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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2013-S3759 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Pub Hous L

2013-S3759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to membership and composition of the New York city housing authority board; increases voting membership on the board to seven and provides for five non-voting, tenant representatives.

2013-S3759 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3759

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. PERKINS, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  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  increasing  the
  board of the New York city housing authority

  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,  as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read
as follows:
  3. (A) On and after [May first, nineteen hundred fifty-eight]  JANUARY
FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN,  the authority shall consist of [three]
TWELVE 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 CHAIRPERSON, SIX OTHER
VOTING MEMBERS AND FIVE NON-VOTING MEMBERS, TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  THE
VOTING  MEMBERS  FIRST APPOINTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER
OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND  THIRTEEN  WHICH  AMENDED  THIS  SUBDIVISION
SHALL  HAVE  SUBSTANTIAL  EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN ONE OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING AREAS:
  (I) HOUSING FINANCE;
  (II) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT;
  (III) MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION;
  (IV) HOUSING POLICY;
  (V) HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; AND
  (VI) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/ORGANIZATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08683-02-3

              

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