Bill Text: NY S03587 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the sale of real property owned by the NYC housing authority to a private entity must be approved by the state legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S03587 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S03587-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3587 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to regulating the conveyance of certain public housing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Sections 402-a and 402-b of the public housing law are 2 renumbered sections 402-b and 402-c and a new section 402-a is added to 3 read as follows: 4 S 402-A. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC HOUSING; RESTRICTIONS. ANY CONTRACT FOR 5 THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF ANY REAL PROPERTY OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE NEW 6 YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY TO A PRIVATE ENTITY MUST BE APPROVED BY THE 7 LEGISLATURE. 8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 9 contract for the sale or transfer of real property to a private entity 10 by the New York city housing authority on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05187-01-5