Assembly Bill A834

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to voting rights in cooperative apartments

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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-A834 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7545
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§352-ee, 352-eee & 352-eeee, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A798, S604
2013-2014: A360, S54
2015-2016: A313, S1252
2017-2018: A1102, S343
2019-2020: A3100

2009-A834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the sponsor of a cooperative apartment building or condominium units may not continue to sit on the board or to vote after the transfer to the cooperative corporation or condominium ownership.

2009-A834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   834

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. CLARK, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  prohibiting  a
  sponsor from becoming a director or voting on the board after a build-
  ing  has  been converted to a cooperative apartment building or condo-
  minium ownership

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

  Section  1. Paragraphs (iv) and (v) of subdivision 1 of section 352-ee
of the general business law, as added by chapter  509  of  the  laws  of
1978, are amended and a new paragraph (vi) is added to read as follows:
  (iv) a statement, satisfactory to the attorney general, that it is the
obligation  of  the sponsor to complete all alterations and improvements
to individual spaces or dwelling units in compliance with such  approved
plans  within the time specified in the plan or, if the sponsor does not
undertake such obligation, that it is the obligation of  the  individual
owners of shares in the cooperative corporation or of condominium units,
under  the supervision of the cooperative corporation or, in the case of
a condominium, under the  supervision  of  the  board  of  managers,  to
complete  such alterations and improvements within the time specified in
the plan; [and]
  (v) a statement that a permanent certificate of occupancy is  required
for  permanent residential use of the premises, that a temporary certif-
icate of occupancy may only be renewed for a total period of  two  years
from  the  date  of  its  original  issuance  and that, if the temporary
certificate of occupancy shall have expired prior to obtaining a  perma-
nent  certificate  of  occupancy,  residential occupancy of the premises
will be in violation of the multiple dwelling law, subjecting the  occu-
pants  and the cooperative corporation and its board of directors or, in
the case of a condominium, the unit owners and  board  of  managers,  to

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

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