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Mar 11, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S3132
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S3132 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1211
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Civil Rights Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §19-a, Civ Rts L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S2264, A2383
2009-S3132 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER S3132 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to discrimination in the ownership of cooperative housing PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Cooperative apartment corporations currently are not required to inform prospective purchasers of the reasons for their rejection. As a result, many prospective cooperators are arbitrarily and discriminatorily rejected. By requiring cooperative apartment corporations to provide a statement of reasons, this bill will serve to reduce the incidence of such rejections. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill would amend Civil Rights Law §19-a to require a cooperative apartment corporation to provide a prospective purchaser with a written statement of reasons whenever the corporation withholds its consent to the sale of the corporation's stock. JUSTIFICATION : Cooperative ownership in multi-family dwellings is becoming an extremely popular form of home ownership in New York State. In 1971, the Legislature enacted section 19-a of the Civil Rights Law, which prohibits cooperative apartment corporations from discriminating against prospective purchasers on the basis of race, religion,
2009-S3132 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3132 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 11, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to discrimination in the ownership of cooperative housing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration of intent. The legis- lature recognizes that cooperative ownership in multi-family dwellings is a popular form of home ownership in New York state. An ongoing concern for consumers dealing in the cooperative housing market is the potential for the unlawful rejection by a board of directors of a buyer. The legislature finds and determines that, not infrequently, a co-op board rejects what appears to be a well-qualified customer. Often, the prospective purchaser has concerns that the rejection was in fact unlaw- ful discrimination. Both federal and state laws protect our citizens from unfair housing practices, which include discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, gender, age or family status. For such reasons, it is the legislature's intent to require boards of directors of cooperative housing to disclose to proposed purchasers, the reasons for rejecting a sale. S 2. Section 19-a of the civil rights law, as added by chapter 376 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: S 19-a. Prohibition against unreasonable withholding of consent. WHENEVER ANY CORPORATION FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COOPERATIVE OWNERSHIP OF REAL ESTATE WITHIN THE STATE WITHHOLDS CONSENT TO THE SALE OR PROPOSED SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF STOCK OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP OF AN INTEREST IN SUCH CORPORATION, SUCH CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF ITS REASONS FOR WITH- HOLDING CONSENT NO LATER THAN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER ITS DECISION TO WITHHOLD CONSENT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03873-01-9
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