Senate Bill S9723A

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9723--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2026
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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  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to providing  train-
   ings and information to residents regarding resident management corpo-
   rations
 
   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
 402-i to read as follows:
   § 402-I. RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, "RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION" MEANS AN ENTITY THAT PROPOSES
 TO  ENTER INTO, OR ENTERS INTO, A CONTRACT TO MANAGE ONE OR MORE MANAGE-
 MENT ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING  AUTHORITY.  SUCH  RESIDENT
 MANAGEMENT  CORPORATION  SHALL  BE  MADE UP OF RESIDENTS OF THE NEW YORK
 CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY AND SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (A) SHALL BE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION VALIDLY INCORPORATED UNDER  THE
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW;
   (B) MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY MORE THAN ONE RESIDENT COUNCIL IF SUCH COUN-
 CIL:
   (I) APPROVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION;
 AND
   (II)  HAS  REPRESENTATION  ON  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SUCH RESIDENT
 MANAGEMENT CORPORATION;
   (C) SHALL HAVE AN ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH  ELECTIONS  HELD  AT
 LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS;
   (D) SHALL HAVE BY-LAWS THAT:
   (I) REQUIRE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO INCLUDE RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES
 OF  EACH  RESIDENT COUNCIL INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHING THE RESIDENT MANAGE-
 MENT CORPORATION;
   (II) INCLUDE QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN FOR OFFICE;
   (III) INCLUDE THE FREQUENCY OF ELECTIONS;
   (IV) INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR RECALL; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (V) TERM LIMITS, IF DESIRED;
   (E)  SHALL  HAVE  VOTING  MEMBERS OF THE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND OTHER
 RESIDENTS THAT ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND ARE LISTED ON  THE
 LEASE  AGREEMENT  FOR  A  UNIT  REPRESENTED  BY SUCH RESIDENT MANAGEMENT
 CORPORATION;
   (F) SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE RESIDENT COUNCIL BOARD AND A MAJORITY  OF
 THE RESIDENTS IF A RESIDENT COUNCIL ALREADY EXISTS. IF THERE IS NO RESI-
 DENT COUNCIL, A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOP-
 MENT  SUCH  RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION WILL REPRESENT SHALL APPROVE
 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION; AND
   (G) MAY SERVE AS BOTH THE  RESIDENT  MANAGEMENT  CORPORATION  AND  THE
 RESIDENT  COUNCIL  IF  SUCH  RESIDENT  MANAGEMENT  CORPORATION MEETS THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS FOR A RESIDENT COUNCIL.
   2. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE  INFORMATION  AND
 TRAININGS  TO ALL RESIDENTS OF SUCH AUTHORITY'S PROPERTIES REGARDING THE
 FORMATION OF RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS, THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SUCH
 RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS, AND THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF CREATING
 SUCH RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.