Bill Text: NY S06521 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a housing succession rights task force to conduct a state-wide assessment of succession rights in rent stabilized, public housing and city or municipal owned buildings.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-07 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S06521 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S06521-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6521 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 establishing a housing succession rights task force; 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. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 2 20-a to read as follows: 3 § 20-a. Housing succession rights task force. 1. There is hereby 4 established within the division of housing and community renewal a hous- 5 ing succession rights task force which shall meet at least once annually 6 in different geographical areas of the state. All members shall be 7 provided with notice reasonably in advance of each meeting with date, 8 time and location of such meeting. Task force members may use videocon- 9 ferencing for attendance and participation. The task force shall consist 10 of ten members and shall include representatives from the following 11 state agencies: the division of housing and community renewal, the 12 office for the aging, the department of economic development, and the 13 New York city department of housing preservation and development. Of the 14 six remaining members, two shall be appointed by the speaker of the 15 assembly, two shall be appointed by the temporary president of the 16 senate, one shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly 17 and one shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and 18 shall broadly represent housing groups from all geographic areas of the 19 state including service providers, associations, advocates, proprietors, 20 and residents of rent stabilized, public housing and city or municipal 21 owned buildings. Members shall receive no compensation for their 22 services but shall be reimbursed for travel and other expenses actually 23 and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The task EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10984-01-5S. 6521 2 1 force shall be chaired by the commissioner of the division of housing 2 and community renewal. The task force is responsible for conducting a 3 state-wide study of succession rights in rent stabilized, public housing 4 and city or municipal owned buildings. The study shall include, but not 5 be limited to, a review of the current approaches to succession rights 6 being implemented in New York city and other municipalities in the 7 state, the impact of such approaches and alternative options for handl- 8 ing such succession rights. 9 2. The task force shall issue a report by the first of January second 10 succeeding the effective date of this section, outlining its findings 11 and recommendations. The report shall be delivered to the governor, the 12 speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the 13 chairperson of the housing committee in the assembly, and the chair- 14 person of the housing committee in the senate. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed on the first 17 of January third succeeding such date.
