NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1989

Senate Bill S1989

2017-2018 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
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 28, 2018	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 17, 2018	advanced to third reading
Jan 16, 2018	2nd report cal.
Jan 09, 2018	1st report cal.90
Jan 03, 2018	referred to housing, construction and community development returned to senate died in assembly
Apr 04, 2017	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 31, 2017	advanced to third reading
Jan 30, 2017	2nd report cal.
Jan 24, 2017	1st report cal.94
Jan 11, 2017	referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

- Feb 28, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S1989
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Feb 28, 2018
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      Little
  Apr 4, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S1989
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 4, 2017
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      absent (1)
      
      Diaz
      
      excused (1)
      
      Krueger
  Jan 9, 2018 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S1989
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2018
      
      aye (9)
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Brooks
      
      Gallivan
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Young
  Jan 24, 2017 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S1989
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: Jan 24, 2017
      
      aye (8)
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Bonacic
      
      Brooks
      
      Gallivan
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Boyle

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2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8968
Current Committee:: Assembly Housing
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §402-d, Pub Hous L; amd §29, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5365, A8013
2019-2020: S2760, A2319
2021-2022: S5806, A3610, A9414
2023-2024: S2668, A819

2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1989

 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-d 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 not 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 :

S. 5365 of 2016 - Passed Senate.

 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.

2017-S1989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1989
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KLEIN, HAMILTON, PERKINS -- 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 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-d to read as follows:
   §  402-D.  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.
   § 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.

                                                            LBD02945-01-7

 S. 1989                             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
 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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