Assembly Bill A402

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes ethics requirements for certain resident councils

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A402 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §62, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10450

2025-A402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes ethics requirements for resident councils in a city having a population of one million inhabitants or more.

2025-A402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    402
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public housing law, in relation to establishing
   ethics requirements for certain resident councils
 
   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
 62 to read as follows:
   § 62. RESIDENT COUNCILS; ETHICS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,
 THE TERM "RESIDENT COUNCIL" SHALL INCLUDE ANY TENANT ASSOCIATIONS, RESI-
 DENT ASSOCIATIONS, OR TENANT COUNCILS.
   2. IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION INHABITANTS OR MORE, A
 MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL DEVELOP AN ETHICS PLAN AND CONFLICT OF
 INTEREST  FORM. SUCH AUTHORITY SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS
 REQUIRING THAT ALL OFFICERS OF A RESIDENT  COUNCIL  COMPLETE  AN  ETHICS
 TRAINING  AND  FILE  A  COMPLETED  CONFLICT  OF  INTEREST FORM WITH SUCH
 AUTHORITY. SUCH AUTHORITY SHALL MAKE ALL COMPLETED CONFLICT OF  INTEREST
 FORMS  AVAILABLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC  ON  ITS  WEBSITE AND SHALL REDACT ANY
 PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM SUCH CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00288-01-5

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