S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5632
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 22, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. MANKTELOW, SALKA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Housing
AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to prefer-
ences under the affordable home ownership development program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the
private housing finance law, as amended by chapter 898 of the laws of
1986, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is
designed to continue to be affordable to such households for a substan-
tial period of time OR SERVE HOUSEHOLDS IN WHICH THE HOME BUYER IS
EMPLOYED AS A POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER OR TEACHER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
HOME IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA SERVED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, OR ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WHERE
SUCH PERSON IS SO EMPLOYED. AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH: "POLICE OFFICER"
SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A SWORN OFFICER OF AN
AUTHORIZED POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FORCE OF A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE; "FIRE-
FIGHTER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED ON A PERMANENT
BASIS AS AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED FIRE DEPARTMENT OF A CITY,
TOWN, VILLAGE OR FIRE DISTRICT; AND "TEACHER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS
CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN A TEACHING CAPACITY IN AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
SCHOOL IN THIS STATE, HAS GRADUATED FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY AND HOLDS A VALID STATE TEACHING CERTIFICATE ISSUED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE SIXTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08060-01-1