Senate Bill S5658

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Modifies the composition of the membership of the NYC Housing Authority to specifically include tenant representatives

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

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to housing, construction and community development
May 26, 2009	referred to housing, construction and community development

2009-S5658 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2009-S5658 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Modifies the composition of the membership of the NYC Housing Authority to specifically include tenant representatives.

2009-S5658 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5658

 TITLE OF BILL :

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


 PURPOSE :

This bill would increase the membership of NYCHA to include tenant
representation.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

This bill would amend subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 402 of the
public housing law, as amended by Chapter 916 of the laws of 1958 to
provide for the appointment of two tenant representatives to the NYCHA
board.

 EXISTING LAW :

This bill would amend subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 402 of the
public housing law, as amended by Chapter 916 of the laws of 1958 to
provide for the appointment of members to the NYCHA board.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill would increase the participation of public housing tenants
in the decision making process of public housing complexes. At the
present time, tenants of public housing have limited input into the
operation of their housing complexes. They are restricted to an
"advisory" role and therefore are removed from any substantive input
into the problems and programs for their complexes. By providing
public housing tenants representation on the authority they will play
a greater role in the operation of their complexes. There will be a
corresponding identification with the problems they are confronting
and policies enacted to resolve such problems. By providing such
direct representation, the tenant representative will act as a board
of directors and/or trustees of public housing complexes which will in
turn shift the accountability not only onto those who will run public
housing but to those tenant representatives who have the direct link
to the Housing Authority that they have never had.

The bill provides that two tenant representatives be appointed by the
Mayor of New York City.  These representatives must be eighteen years
of age or older, be a resident of public housing, and shall serve a
term of three years.  They shall receive a monthly stipend of $250 and
be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

The newly elected two tenant representatives shall receive a monthly
stipend of $250. The cost to the City of New York will be $6,000 per
year plus any actual and necessary expenses incurred by the two tenant
representatives.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S5658 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5658

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ESPADA -- 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
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.
                                                           LBD14084-01-9

S. 5658                             2

chairman  occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled
for the unexpired term.
  4.  The chairman and the other members of the authority OTHER THAN THE
TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT TENANT MEMBERS  shall  give  their
whole time to their duties and shall not engage in any other occupation,
profession  or  employment.  [They  shall receive a salary the amount of
which shall be fixed by the board of  estimate]  THE  CHAIRMAN  AND  THE
MEMBERS  OF  THE  AUTHORITY OTHER THAN THE TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING
PROJECT TENANT MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE A SALARY THE AMOUNT OF WHICH  SHALL
BE  FIXED BY LOCAL LAW. THE TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT TENANT
MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE A MONTHLY STIPEND IN THE  AMOUNT  OF  TWO  HUNDRED
FIFTY  DOLLARS  AND SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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