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Assembly Bill A404

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the review of the bylaws of certain resident councils to ensure compliance with federal and state law

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2025-A404 (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:
A10449

2025-A404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a municipal housing authority in a city having a population of one million inhabitants or more to review the bylaws of resident councils to ensure compliance with federal and state law.

2025-A404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    404
 
                        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 requiring the
   review of the bylaws of certain resident councils to ensure compliance
   with federal and state law

   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; COMPLIANCE.  1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  TERM  "RESIDENT COUNCIL" SHALL INCLUDE ANY TENANT ASSOCI-
 ATIONS, RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS, OR TENANT COUNCILS.
   2. IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION INHABITANTS OR MORE, A
 MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL REVIEW  THE  BYLAWS  OF  ALL  RESIDENT
 COUNCILS  TO  VERIFY THAT THE BYLAWS OF SUCH COUNCILS ARE COMPLIANT WITH
 FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00285-01-5

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