Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 20, 2010 |
referred to housing |
Assembly Bill A11156
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A11156 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A11156 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A11156 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to initiating a four-year moratorium on privatization voting by Mitchell-Lama building shareholders PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this legislation is to institute a four Year moratorium in between failed voluntary dissolution votes within limited-profit housing companies. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would add subdivision 5 of section 35 of the private housing finance law. JUSTIFICATION: Privatization votes in Mitchell-Lama developments can be contentious ordeals, and many tenants have complained of being harassed and intimidated during the voting period. The damage inflicted by this is compounded when shareholders are subject to repeated dissolution votes within short duration. These additional attempts undertaken with- out justifiable change in shareholder composition or situational context only serve to undermine the original decision that the corporation has reached and create relentless year-round pressure, A modest four year moratorium between voluntary dissolution votes would provide an appro- priate respite and lead to a better electoral process and more hospita- ble climate for tenants and shareholders. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None
2009-A11156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11156 I N A S S E M B L Y May 20, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to initiat- ing a four-year moratorium on privatization voting by Mitchell-Lama building shareholders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 35 of the private housing finance law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. (A) IN THE EVENT OF A FAILED VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION VOTE BY A COMPA- NY SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE, THERE SHALL BE A FOUR-YEAR MORATORIUM ON VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION VOTING BY SUCH COMPANY. (B) ANY CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY ENACT LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCES, RESOL- UTIONS OR REGULATIONS NOT LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THOSE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. (C) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT DIMINISH THE REQUIRE- MENTS OF ANY OTHER LAW WHICH MAY APPLY TO SUCH ACTION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD17391-02-0
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