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A00472 Summary:

BILL NOA00472
 
SAME ASSAME AS S09936
 
SPONSOREpstein
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §402, Pub Hous L
 
Relates to requiring the New York city housing authority to contract with non-profit private entities when qualifying for certain programs; requires the New York city housing authority to contract with a non-profit private entity when converting property to Section 8 units in order to qualify for any program that allows such private entity to renovate, repair, maintain and/or operate such New York city housing authority property.
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A00472 Actions:

BILL NOA00472
 
01/09/2023referred to housing
01/03/2024referred to housing
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A00472 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A472
 
SPONSOR: Epstein
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New York city housing authority to contract with non-profit private entities when qualifying for certain programs   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To prevent private corporations from profiteering off of public housing.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 402 of the public housing law by adding a new subdivision 11 stipulating that the New York city housing authority (NYCHA) shall only contract with a nonprofit entity when converting property to Section 8 units as part of the rental assistance demon- stration program or any other program Section 2 provides the effective date   JUSTIFICATION: Long term disinvestment at the federal, state, and city level has created an opening for the private sector to profit off of New York's public housing in the form of The Department of Housing and Urban Devel- opment's Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program. Using a combina- tion of RAD and other programs to convert property to Section 8 units, New York City plans to hand over roughly a third of its public housing stock to private landlords. Private landlords are accountable to tenants and their needs insofar as it is profitable. There is no shortage of evidence that shows how often landlords jeopardize the comfort, health, and safety of tenants to boost their own profits and no reason to believe that private management of NYCHA would not be susceptible to a similar dynamic. To avoid further worsening conditions in NYCHA, this bill would prevent a profit-driven private takeover of public housing by prohibiting NYCHA from contracting with for-profit entities when converting property to Section 8 units. Instead, NYCHA would• only be able to contract with non-profit entities if it wishes to convert property to Section 8 units through RAD or any other programs.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-2022: A3176 (Epstein) / No Same as - Assembly Housing 2020: A10003/No same as - referred to housing   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Unknown.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Ninety days after becoming law.
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A00472 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           472
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Housing
 
        AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New
          York city housing authority to contract with non-profit private  enti-
          ties when qualifying for certain programs

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    12.  The  New  York  city housing authority shall only contract with a
     4  non-profit private entity when converting property to Section 8 units in
     5  order to qualify for any program,  including  but  not  limited  to  the
     6  United States department of housing and urban development rental assist-
     7  ance demonstration program, that allows such private entity to renovate,
     8  repair,  maintain  and/or  operate  such New York city housing authority
     9  property.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    12  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    13  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    14  on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00047-02-3
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