NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5365A

Senate Bill S5365A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the New York city council to oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 04, 2016	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 21, 2016	advanced to third reading
Mar 17, 2016	2nd report cal.
Mar 16, 2016	1st report cal.394
Jan 06, 2016	referred to housing, construction and community development returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 17, 2015	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1711 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 28, 2015	print number 5365a
May 28, 2015	amend (t) and recommit to housing, construction and community development
May 14, 2015	referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

- May 4, 2016 - Floor Vote
  S5365A
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  4
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 4, 2016
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      excused (4)
      
      Diaz
      
      Marchione
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Seward
  Jun 17, 2015 - Floor Vote
  S5365A
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 17, 2015
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
  Jun 17, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5365A
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 17, 2015
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Gianaris
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Perkins
  Mar 16, 2016 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S5365A
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: Mar 16, 2016
      
      aye (8)
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Espaillat
      
      Gallivan
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Panepinto
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Boyle

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2015-S5365 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8013
Current Committee:: Assembly Housing
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §402-c, Pub Hous L; amd §29, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1989, A3113, A8968
2019-2020: S2760, A2319
2021-2022: S5806, A3610, A9414
2023-2024: S2668, A819

2015-S5365 - Summary

Authorizes the New York City council to oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority.

2015-S5365 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5365

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law and the New York city charter,
in relation to authorizing the New York city council to oversee the
activities of certain public authorities

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation grants the New York City Council greater oversight
over the activities of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) by
giving the council the ability to mandate that NYCHA produce reports
and provide information to the Council.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the public housing law by adding a new section
402-c that gives the NYC Council the power to mandate that NYCHA
produce reports about any of its operations by passing a local law.
Such a local law shall determined the information to be included in
the report, whether it is a recurring report or not, and to whom it
will be issued. The commissioner of the Division of Housing and
Community Renewal shall be given copies of any such reports, and the
reports shall be treated as public documents.

Section two amends section twenty nine of the NYC Charter by granting
the NYC Council the same oversight powers over NYCHA that it currently
has over any agency of the NYC government.

Section three sets an effective date of thirty days after this act
shall have become law.

JUSTIFICATION:

NYCHA is the largest housing authority in the United States, and its
over 179,000 units are home to more than 400,000 New Yorkers, which
represents almost 5% of the population of New York City as a whole.
Unfortunately, the local elected legislators representing these
residents have little oversight powers over NYCHA. While NYCHA as an
entity is chartered under State law, the Mayor of NYC has complete
control over its board, appointing all seven members and choosing the
chair at his or her discretion. For all intents and purposes NYCHA
functions as an agency of NYC, but the ability of the Council to
oversee the operations of NYCHA are strictly limited because it was
established as an authority by the State. This legislation is meant to
grant the NYC Council and its members greater oversight powers over
NYCHA.

This bill would grant the NYC Council the same power to review the
operations of NYCHA on a continuous basis that it has over city
agencies. The legislation would also give the NYC council the power to
mandate the creation of reports by NYCHA through the passage of a
local law. Currently the NYC Council can't mandate that NYCHA produce
any reports on its operations. Giving the local elected legislators of
NYCHA's residents greater powers to oversee the Authorities operations


will increase the voice of residents and hopefully make NYCHA's
operations more transparent.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No fiscal implications for the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2015-S5365 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5365

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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 and the New York city charter, in
  relation  to  authorizing  the  New  York  city council to oversee the
  activities of certain public authorities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
402-c to read as follows:
  S 402-C. NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT.  THE NEW YORK  CITY  COUNCIL
AS  ESTABLISHED  IN  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER IS
EMPOWERED TO MANDATE THAT THE NEW YORK CITY  HOUSING  AUTHORITY  PRODUCE
REPORTS  ABOUT  ANY  FACETS  OF  ITS  OPERATIONS OR THE CONDITION OF THE
PROJECTS UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING ANY PROJECT BASED SECTION EIGHT
VOUCHER DEVELOPMENTS IN WHICH THE  AUTHORITY  HAS  AN  OWNERSHIP  STAKE,
THROUGH  THE  PASSAGE  OF  A LOCAL LAW. SUCH A LAW SHALL DETERMINE WHICH
INFORMATION IS TO BE INCLUDED  IN  THE  REPORT,  THE  DEADLINE  FOR  THE
PRODUCTION  OF THE REPORT, WHETHER THE REPORTING MANDATE APPLIES ONCE OR
IS RECURRING, AND WHICH LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHALL RECEIVE COPIES.  A  COPY
OF  ANY  SUCH  REPORTS MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AN AGENCY DOCUMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF  ARTICLE  SIX  OF  THE
PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
  S  2.  Subdivision  a  of  section 29 of the New York city charter, as
added by a vote of the people of the city of New  York  at  the  general
election held in November 1989, is amended to read as follows:
  a.  The council, acting as a committee of the whole, and each standing
or special committee of the council, through hearings or otherwise:
  1. [may] MAY investigate any matters within its jurisdiction  relating
to  the  property,  affairs,  or government of the city or of any county
within the city, or to any other powers of the council, or to the effec-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11077-01-5

S. 5365                             2

tuation of the purposes or provisions of this charter or any laws relat-
ing to the city or to any county within the city.
  2.  [shall]  SHALL review on a regular and continuous basis the activ-
ities of the agencies of the city, including  their  service  goals  and
performance  and  management efficiency.   Each unit of appropriation in
the adopted budget of the city shall be assigned to a  standing  commit-
tee.    Each  standing  committee of the council shall hold at least one
hearing each year relating to the activities of  each  of  the  agencies
under its jurisdiction.
  3.  SHALL  REVIEW  ON A REGULAR AND CONTINUOUS BASIS THE ACTIVITIES OF
ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY WHERE A MAJORITY OF APPOINTMENTS TO  THE  BOARD  OF
SUCH  AUTHORITY ARE MADE BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING
THE SERVICE GOALS, PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY OF SUCH AUTHOR-
ITY. EACH SUCH AUTHORITY SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO A STANDING COMMITTEE. EACH
STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL SHALL HOLD AT LEAST ONE  HEARING  EACH
YEAR  RELATING TO THE ACTIVITIES OF EACH SUCH AUTHORITY UNDER ITS JURIS-
DICTION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2015-S5365A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8013
Current Committee:: Assembly Housing
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §402-c, Pub Hous L; amd §29, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1989, A3113, A8968
2019-2020: S2760, A2319
2021-2022: S5806, A3610, A9414
2023-2024: S2668, A819

2015-S5365A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the New York City council to oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority.

2015-S5365A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5365A

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law and the New York city charter,
in relation to authorizing the New York city council to oversee the
activities of the New York city housing authority

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation grants the New York City Council greater oversight
over the activities of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) by
giving the council the ability to mandate that NYCHA produce reports
and provide information to the Council.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the public housing law by adding a new section
402-c that gives the NYC Council the power to mandate that NYCHA
produce reports about any of its operations by passing a local law.
Such a local law shall determined the information to be included in
the report, whether it is a recurring report or not, and to whom it
will be issued. The commissioner of the Division of Housing and
Community Renewal shall be given copies of any such reports, and the
reports shall be treated as public documents.

Section two amends section twenty nine of the NYC Charter by granting
the NYC Council the same oversight powers over NYCHA that it currently
has over any agency of the NYC government.

Section three sets an effective date of thirty days after this act
shall have become law.

JUSTIFICATION:

NYCHA is the largest housing authority in the United States, and its
over 179,000 units are home to more than 400,000 New Yorkers, which
represents almost 5% of the population of New York City as a whole.
Unfortunately, the local elected legislators representing these
residents have little oversight powers over NYCHA. While NYCHA as an
entity is chartered under State law, the Mayor of NYC has complete
control over its board, appointing all seven members and choosing the
chair at his or her discretion. For all intents and purposes NYCHA
functions as an agency of NYC, but the ability of the Council to
oversee the operations of NYCHA are strictly limited because it was
established as an authority by the State. This legislation is meant to
grant the NYC Council and its members greater oversight powers over
NYCHA.

This bill would grant the NYC Council the same power to review the
operations of NYCHA on a continuous basis that it has over city
agencies. The legislation would also give the NYC council the power to
mandate the creation of reports by NYCHA through the passage of a
local law. Currently the NYC Council can't mandate that NYCHA produce
any reports on its operations. Giving the local elected legislators of
NYCHA's residents greater powers to oversee the Authorities operations


will increase the voice of residents and hopefully make NYCHA's
operations more transparent.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No fiscal implications for the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2015-S5365A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5365--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
  Community  Development  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public housing law and the New York city charter, in
  relation to authorizing the New  York  city  council  to  oversee  the
  activities of the New York city housing authority

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new  section
402-c to read as follows:
  S  402-C.  NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT.  THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF THE NEW  YORK  CITY  CHARTER  IS
EMPOWERED  TO  MANDATE  THAT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PRODUCE
REPORTS ABOUT ANY FACETS OF ITS  OPERATIONS  OR  THE  CONDITION  OF  THE
PROJECTS UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING ANY PROJECT BASED SECTION EIGHT
VOUCHER  DEVELOPMENTS  IN  WHICH  THE  AUTHORITY HAS AN OWNERSHIP STAKE,
THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF A LOCAL LAW. SUCH A  LAW  SHALL  DETERMINE  WHICH
INFORMATION  IS  TO  BE  INCLUDED  IN  THE  REPORT, THE DEADLINE FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF THE REPORT, WHETHER THE REPORTING MANDATE APPLIES ONCE  OR
IS  RECURRING,  AND WHICH LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHALL RECEIVE COPIES. A COPY
OF ANY SUCH REPORTS MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSIONER  AND  SHALL  BE
CONSIDERED  AN  AGENCY  DOCUMENT  FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE
PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
  S 2. Subdivision a of section 29 of the  New  York  city  charter,  as
added  by  a  vote  of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November 1989, is amended to read as follows:
  a. The council, acting as a committee of the whole, and each  standing
or special committee of the council, through hearings or otherwise:
  1.  [may] MAY investigate any matters within its jurisdiction relating
to the property, affairs, or government of the city  or  of  any  county

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11077-02-5

S. 5365--A                          2

within the city, or to any other powers of the council, or to the effec-
tuation of the purposes or provisions of this charter or any laws relat-
ing to the city or to any county within the city.
  2.  [shall]  SHALL review on a regular and continuous basis the activ-
ities of the agencies of the city, including  their  service  goals  and
performance  and  management efficiency.   Each unit of appropriation in
the adopted budget of the city shall be assigned to a  standing  commit-
tee.    Each  standing  committee of the council shall hold at least one
hearing each year relating to the activities of  each  of  the  agencies
under its jurisdiction.
  3.  SHALL  REVIEW  ON A REGULAR AND CONTINUOUS BASIS THE ACTIVITIES OF
THE NEW YORK  CITY  HOUSING  AUTHORITY,  INCLUDING  THE  SERVICE  GOALS,
PERFORMANCE  AND MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY OF SUCH AUTHORITY. SUCH AUTHORITY
SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO A STANDING COMMITTEE. SUCH  STANDING  COMMITTEE  OF
THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  HOLD AT LEAST ONE HEARING EACH YEAR RELATING TO THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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