Assembly Bill A4295

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for the suspension of public assistance to owners of privately owned residential housing in New York city who are in violation of certain housing standards

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • 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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2019-A4295 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1404
2011-2012: A2966
2013-2014: A2834
2015-2016: A3381
2017-2018: A5796
2021-2022: A3494
2023-2024: A4709
2025-2026: A1644

2019-A4295 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the suspension of public assistance to owners of privately owned residential housing in NYC who are in violation of certain New York city department of housing preservation and development standards.

2019-A4295 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4295
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT relating to payment of assistance to owners  of  privately  owned
   residential housing within the city of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 any department or agency of the state or of the city of New  York  which
 provides  financial  assistance of any kind to owners of privately owned
 residential housing within the city of New York shall suspend payment of
 assistance to any such owners who  are  listed  on  the  New  York  city
 department  of  housing  preservation  and  development's official major
 problem owner list until all class C violations are removed by  the  New
 York  department of housing preservation and development.  Additionally,
 during such period when assistance is suspended,  owners  who  have  not
 corrected the class C violations and been removed from the problem owner
 list  for  such  violations shall not evict any tenant for nonpayment of
 rent or for violation of lease agreements that related in any way to the
 class C violations which are the subject of suspension of assistance.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08283-01-9

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