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Senate Bill S7633

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to New York city housing authority lead paint inspections and hiring tenants to repaint apartments; and makes an appropriation therefor

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2017-S7633 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add §402-d, Pub Hous L

2017-S7633 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York city housing authority to issue a report on lead paint inspections and to hire tenants to repaint apartments; and makes an appropriation therefor.

2017-S7633 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7633 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7633
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the New York city
   housing authority performing lead paint inspections and hiring tenants
   to repaint apartments; and making an appropriation therefor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 402-d to read as follows:
   § 402-D. REPORTING ON LEAD BASED PAINT; REPAINTING OF  APARTMENTS.  1.
 THE  NEW  YORK  CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL LEAD BASED
 PAINT REPORT ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF DECEMBER  OF  EACH  YEAR  TO  THE
 GOVERNOR,  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,
 INCLUDING,   BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE  NUMBER  OF  LEAD  BASED  PAINT
 INSPECTIONS  PERFORMED  BY  SUCH  AUTHORITY,   THE   RESULTS   OF   SUCH
 INSPECTIONS,  THE  NUMBER OF INSPECTORS SUCH AUTHORITY HAS AND ANY OTHER
 INFORMATION THE CHAIR AND CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER  OF  SUCH  AUTHORITY
 DEEMS PERTINENT.
   2.  THE  NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO
 AND A HALF YEARS HAVE EVERY APARTMENT UNDER CONTROL  OF  SUCH  AUTHORITY
 REPAINTED.  SUCH  AUTHORITY SHALL HIRE ITS TENANTS TO REPAINT THE APART-
 MENTS.
   § 2. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so  much  thereof
 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the New York city housing
 authority out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to
 the  credit of the state purposes account not otherwise appropriated for
 such authority to hire additional  lead  based  paint  inspectors.  Such
 moneys  shall  be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on
 vouchers certified or approved by the New York city housing authority in
 the manner prescribed by law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14448-01-8

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