Bill Text: NY A00838 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a task force on affordable housing lotteries to review the affordable housing lotteries within New York state and determine the lotteries' effectiveness and recommend how the lotteries could be improved.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-10 - enacting clause stricken [A00838 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00838-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           838

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing

        AN ACT to create a task force to review the affordable housing lotteries
          within the state; 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:

     1    Section 1. (a) There is hereby created within the division of  housing
     2  and  community  renewal  a  temporary  task  force on affordable housing
     3  lotteries which, pursuant to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall
     4  review the affordable housing lotteries within New York state and deter-
     5  mine  the lotteries' effectiveness and recommend how the lotteries could
     6  be improved.
     7    (b) The task force shall utilize information collected from  organiza-
     8  tions,  programs  and  agencies both in New York city and throughout the
     9  state to make its recommendations.
    10    (c)(i) The members of the task force shall include the commissioner of
    11  the division of housing and community renewal or his or her designee; at
    12  least two representatives of tenants who have  used  affordable  housing
    13  lotteries  within  New  York  state;  at  least two representatives from
    14  affordable housing lotteries within New York state; at least one  expert
    15  on  affordable  housing  lotteries;  and  any  other  relevant agency or
    16  participant that is deemed appropriate. The commissioner of the division
    17  of housing and community renewal or his or her designee shall be  desig-
    18  nated  as  the  chairperson  of such task force and shall select a vice-
    19  chairperson and a secretary.
    20    (ii) The members of the task force shall receive no  compensation  for
    21  their  services but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and neces-
    22  sarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
    23    (d) No later than one year after the effective date of  this  section,
    24  the  task force shall provide a report to the temporary president of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00716-01-3
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     1  senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly,
     2  the  minority  leader  of the assembly, the chair of the senate housing,
     3  construction and community development committee and the  chair  of  the
     4  assembly housing committee. Such report shall include, but not be limit-
     5  ed to, the effectiveness of affordable housing lotteries within New York
     6  state,  how  the  lotteries can be improved, and recommendations for any
     7  other program or policy initiative the task force deems appropriate. The
     8  report shall be posted on the websites of the appropriate agencies.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect  immediately;  provided  however  that
    10  this act shall expire and be deemed repealed 2 years after such date.