NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4131

Senate Bill S4131

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 06, 2019	signed chap.594
Nov 26, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 13, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.133 substituted for a5351
Jun 12, 2019	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
May 29, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 22, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 21, 2019	1st report cal.883
Mar 01, 2019	referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

- Jun 12, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4131
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 12, 2019
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
  May 21, 2019 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S4131
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: May 21, 2019
      
      aye (11)
      
      Amedore
      
      Boyle
      
      Helming
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar

2019-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5351
Law Section:: Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §32-a, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A1292
2011-2012: A1847
2013-2014: A2835
2015-2016: A3672
2017-2018: A5814

2019-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing, or persons acting on their behalf, to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor, the maximum of which shall be prescribed by regulation.

2019-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4131                      REVISED 04/18/19

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the private housing finance law, in
relation to the copying of documents of limited profit housing companies

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to allow tenants of Mitchell-Lamas to photo-
copy the financial documents pertaining to the projects in which they
reside. Such copy shall be subject to a reasonable fee.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill adds a new subdivision 8 to section 32-a of the
Private Housing Finance Law, which would permit tenants or residents of
a limited profit housing to copy, through photographic means, auditing
reports and financial statements pertaining to the projects in which
they reside. A reasonable fee shall be applied to the copy of such docu-
ments.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Resident and tenant associations have the right to examine the financial
documents of limited profit housing companies. Sometimes, however, indi-
viduals or tenant association representatives are denied this right, or
at least must waste time and money fighting to review pertinent informa-
tion that should be easily available. In the wake of buyouts by limited
profit housing companies, it is especially important that residents'
right to examine and make copies of all financial documents be secured.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: A5814 - Referred to Housing
2017: A5814 (Cymbrowitz) - Referred to Housing
2016: A3672 - Referred to Housing
2015: A3672 - Referred to Housing
2014: A2835 - Referred to Housing
2013: A2835 - Referred to Housing
2012: A1847 - Referred to Housing
2011: A1847 - Referred to Housing
2010: A1292 - Referred to Housing
2009: A1292 - Referred to Housinga
2008: A5556 - Referred to Housing
2007: A5556 - Referred to Housing
2006: A9341 (Wright) - Referred to Housing
2005: A1596 - Referred to Housing
2004: A5562 - Referred to Housing
2003: A5562 - Referred to Housing
2002: A4293 - Referred to Housing
2001: A4293 - Referred to Housing
2000: A7451 - Referred to Housing
1999: A7451 (Stringer) - Referred to Housing

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of housing and
community renewal and supervising agencies, as defined in article two of
the private housing finance law, are authorized to promulgate any and
all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to
implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.

2019-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4131
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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  private housing finance law, in relation to the
   copying of documents of limited profit housing companies

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 32-a of the private housing finance law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. EVERY TENANT OR RESIDENT, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF A  TENANT
 OR  RESIDENT,  SHALL  BE  PERMITTED  TO COPY, BY PHOTOGRAPHIC MEANS, ANY
 DOCUMENT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS SECTION PERTAINING TO THE  PROJECT  IN
 WHICH  SUCH  TENANT  OR RESIDENT RESIDES. A REASONABLE FEE, SUBJECT TO A
 MAXIMUM THEREFOR PRESCRIBED IN REGULATIONS,  MAY  BE  CHARGED  FOR  SUCH
 COPIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09540-01-9

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