Bill Text: NY A05610 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to provide continued tenancy for certain non-purchasing senior citizens in the city of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to housing [A05610 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05610-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5610
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Housing
       AN  ACT  to  provide continued tenancy for certain non-purchasing senior
         citizens in the city of New York
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  that  due to the special
    2  circumstances of senior citizens, a greater degree of care must be taken
    3  in preserving the essentials of life for the elderly. In 1982, and again
    4  in 1986, the legislature recognized the  particular  hardship  of  relo-
    5  cation  for  such  persons  and  extended  to  eligible  senior citizens
    6  protection from eviction pursuant to certain cooperative or  condominium
    7  conversion  plans.  The legislature hereby finds that greater protection
    8  must be afforded to  senior  citizens  currently  residing  in  multiple
    9  dwellings subject to a cooperative or condominium conversion plan in the
   10  city  of  New  York and threatened with eviction pursuant to an eviction
   11  plan.
   12    S 2. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of  law,  any  person  who
   13  attains  the  age of sixty-two years or older on or before July 1, 2009,
   14  who is and has continuously been since  prior  to  January  1,  1982,  a
   15  tenant of a dwelling unit located in a building or group of buildings or
   16  development  in  the city of New York subject to a cooperative or condo-
   17  minium conversion eviction plan, and who is a non-purchasing tenant  and
   18  otherwise  subject  to eviction may remain in occupancy, with all of the
   19  rights of non-purchasing tenants as provided in paragraph (c) of  subdi-
   20  vision  2  of  section  352-eeee  of  the  general  business law and all
   21  protections extended by applicable rent regulation laws and  provisions;
   22  provided, however, that the units occupied by such tenants or the shares
   23  allocated  thereto have not been sold to a bona fide purchaser for occu-
   24  pancy prior to the effective date of this  act;  and  provided  further,
   25  however, that the right of succession with respect to such unit shall be
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  limited  to  the  spouses  of  such tenants, and thereafter, such family
    2  members of such tenants which are named on the lease for  such  dwelling
    3  unit.
    4    S 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.