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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 13, 2017 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S2338
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development 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
2017-S2338 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3199
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Private Housing Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §35, Priv Hous Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A11156
2011-2012: S3258, A1467
2013-2014: S1830, A700
2015-2016: S3590, A560
2019-2020: A1105
2021-2022: A542
2023-2024: A389
2017-S2338 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S 2338 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 without justifiable change in shareholder composition or situational context only serve to undermine the original decision that the corporation has
2017-S2338 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2338 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- 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 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. § 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. LBD05427-01-7
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