S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6324
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 21, 2021
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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 in relation to prohibiting certain limited-profit housing compa-
nies from voluntarily dissolving during the state disaster emergency
declared in response to the outbreak of COVID-19
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
no company or urban rental company, as such terms are defined in section
12 of the private housing finance law, shall be dissolved pursuant to
the provisions of section 35 of such law or shall undergo semi-privati-
zation pursuant to 28 RCNY 3-14(i)(15), or shall initiate any actions or
proceedings related to dissolution or semi-privatization, including but
not limited to, conducting a vote to authorize a feasibility study;
submitting a preliminary offering plan to the attorney general for
approval; distributing a preliminary offering plan to shareholders;
distributing a final offering plan or proxy statement to shareholders;
submitting a notice of intent to dissolve to the commissioner of housing
or supervising agency; committing, promising, or expending funds in any
way for the purposes of dissolution or semi-privatization; or holding
any of the required notice meetings during the state disaster emergency
declared pursuant to executive order 202 of 2020 in response to the
outbreak of novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
2. As used in this act, the term "semi-privatization" means dissolving
as a mutual housing company and transferring the property to a housing
development fund company organized pursuant to article XI of the private
housing finance law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07630-02-1