Senate Bill S1989

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the New York city council to oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority

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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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2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8968
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §402-d, Pub Hous L; amd §29, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5365, A8013
2019-2020: S2760, A2319
2021-2022: S5806, A3610, A9414
2023-2024: S2668, A819

2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the New York City council to oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority.

2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1989
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KLEIN, HAMILTON, PERKINS -- 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 and the New York city charter, in
   relation to authorizing the New  York  city  council  to  oversee  the
   activities 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.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new  section
 402-d to read as follows:
   §  402-D.  NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT.  THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
 AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF THE NEW  YORK  CITY  CHARTER  IS
 EMPOWERED  TO  MANDATE  THAT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PRODUCE
 REPORTS ABOUT ANY FACETS OF ITS  OPERATIONS  OR  THE  CONDITION  OF  THE
 PROJECTS UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING ANY PROJECT BASED SECTION EIGHT
 VOUCHER  DEVELOPMENTS  IN  WHICH  THE  AUTHORITY HAS AN OWNERSHIP STAKE,
 THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF A LOCAL LAW. SUCH A  LAW  SHALL  DETERMINE  WHICH
 INFORMATION  IS  TO  BE  INCLUDED  IN  THE  REPORT, THE DEADLINE FOR THE
 PRODUCTION OF THE REPORT, WHETHER THE REPORTING MANDATE APPLIES ONCE  OR
 IS  RECURRING,  AND WHICH LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHALL RECEIVE COPIES. A COPY
 OF ANY SUCH REPORTS MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSIONER  AND  SHALL  BE
 CONSIDERED  AN  AGENCY  DOCUMENT  FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE
 PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision a of section 29 of the  New  York  city  charter,  as
 added  by  a  vote  of the people of the city of New York at the general
 election held in November 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   a. The council, acting as a committee of the whole, and each  standing
 or special committee of the council, through hearings or otherwise:
   1.  [may] MAY investigate any matters within its jurisdiction relating
 to the property, affairs, or government of the city  or  of  any  county
 within the city, or to any other powers of the council, or to the effec-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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