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Assembly Bill A794

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires NYCHA to establish and maintain a vacancy database

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2025-A794 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Pub Hous L

2025-A794 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city housing authority to establish and maintain a vacancy database.

2025-A794 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    794
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in  relation  to  requiring  New
   York  city housing authority to maintain a database of vacant residen-
   tial housing units

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. A. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH  AND  MAIN-
 TAIN  A PUBLIC DATABASE OF ALL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN
 VACANT FOR AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS.
   B. SUCH DATABASE SHALL CONTAIN:
   (I) THE MONTH AND YEAR WHEN EACH UNIT WAS LAST VACATED;
   (II) THE PROJECTED DATE FOR THE COMPLETION OF ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS IN
 EACH SUCH UNIT; AND
   (III) A PROJECTED DATE FOR WHEN EACH SUCH UNIT WILL BE AVAILABLE.
   C. SUCH DATABASE  SHALL  BE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ON  THE  AUTHORITY'S
 WEBSITE AND UPDATED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02570-01-5

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