Senate Bill S1909

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1909
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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, in relation to establishing a
   housing succession rights task force; and providing for the repeal  of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   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
 20-a to read as follows:
   §  20-A.  HOUSING  SUCCESSION  RIGHTS  TASK  FORCE. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL A HOUS-
 ING SUCCESSION RIGHTS TASK FORCE WHICH SHALL MEET AT LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY
 IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF  THE  STATE.  ALL  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  WITH  NOTICE  REASONABLY IN ADVANCE OF EACH MEETING WITH DATE,
 TIME AND LOCATION OF SUCH MEETING. TASK FORCE MEMBERS MAY USE  VIDEOCON-
 FERENCING FOR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION. THE TASK FORCE SHALL CONSIST
 OF  TEN  MEMBERS  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING
 STATE AGENCIES: THE DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  THE
 OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE
 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. OF THE
 SIX REMAINING MEMBERS, TWO SHALL BE APPOINTED  BY  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  TWO  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE, ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY
 AND  ONE  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND
 SHALL BROADLY REPRESENT HOUSING GROUPS FROM ALL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF  THE
 STATE INCLUDING SERVICE PROVIDERS, ASSOCIATIONS, ADVOCATES, PROPRIETORS,
 AND  RESIDENTS  OF RENT STABILIZED, PUBLIC HOUSING AND CITY OR MUNICIPAL
 OWNED  BUILDINGS.  MEMBERS  SHALL  RECEIVE  NO  COMPENSATION  FOR  THEIR
 SERVICES  BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES ACTUALLY
 AND NECESSARILY INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR  DUTIES.  THE  TASK
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06101-01-3
              

 S. 1909                             2
 
 FORCE  SHALL  BE  CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL. THE TASK FORCE IS RESPONSIBLE  FOR  CONDUCTING  A
 STATE-WIDE STUDY OF SUCCESSION RIGHTS IN RENT STABILIZED, PUBLIC HOUSING
 AND  CITY OR MUNICIPAL OWNED BUILDINGS. THE STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO, A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT APPROACHES TO  SUCCESSION  RIGHTS
 BEING  IMPLEMENTED  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY  AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE
 STATE, THE IMPACT OF SUCH APPROACHES AND ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR  HANDL-
 ING SUCH SUCCESSION RIGHTS.
   2.  THE TASK FORCE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT BY THE FIRST OF JANUARY SECOND
 SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,  OUTLINING  ITS  FINDINGS
 AND  RECOMMENDATIONS. THE REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE
 CHAIRPERSON  OF  THE  HOUSING  COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIR-
 PERSON OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed on the first
 of January third succeeding such date.