Senate Bill S8334

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the conversion of condominium ownership for the preservation of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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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2021-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9340
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §352-eeeee, amd §§352-e & 352-eeee, Gen Bus L; amd §339-e, add §339-mm, RP L; add §80-b, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3566, A6921

2021-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the conversion to condominium ownership for the preservation of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York; provides expanded homeownership opportunities from the conversion of certain residential rental buildings to condominium status by property owners that commit to preserve the inventory of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York; establishes the housing protection unit fund.

2021-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8334
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 general business law, the real property law, and the
   state  finance  law,  in  relation to providing expanded homeownership
   opportunities from the conversion of certain residential rental build-
   ings to condominium status by property owners that commit to  preserve
   the inventory of expiring affordable housing in 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. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 352-eeeee to read as follows:
   § 352-EEEEE. CONVERSIONS TO CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP FOR THE PRESERVATION
 OF EXPIRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.  1. AS  USED  IN
 THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  WORDS AND TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "ANNUAL UPDATE AMENDMENT". AN ANNUAL UPDATE AMENDMENT IS AN AMEND-
 MENT TO THE PRESERVATION PLAN THAT SHALL BE SUBMITTED  TO  THE  ATTORNEY
 GENERAL  EVERY  YEAR THAT A DWELLING UNIT IS UNSOLD, WITH THE FIRST SUCH
 ANNUAL UPDATE AMENDMENT DUE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF
 THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE POST-CLOSING AMENDMENT TO THE  PRESERVATION  PLAN.
 AN  ANNUAL UPDATE AMENDMENT SHALL SUPPLY THE EVIDENCE, DATA AND INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED IN THIS SECTION, AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE  ATTOR-
 NEY GENERAL'S REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE, SO THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
 SATISFIED  THAT  THE PRESERVATION PLAN AS AMENDED DISCLOSES THE INFORMA-
 TION NECESSARY FOR A REASONABLE INVESTOR TO MAKE  HIS  OR  HER  PURCHASE
 DECISION  AND  THAT THE PRESERVATION PLAN IS OTHERWISE COMPLETE, CURRENT
 AND ACCURATE.
   (B) "BONA FIDE PURCHASER". A BONA  FIDE  PURCHASER  IS  EITHER  (I)  A
 TENANT  IN OCCUPANCY WHO ENTERS INTO A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR A DWELLING
 UNIT PURSUANT TO HIS, HER, OR ITS EXERCISE OF ONE OF THE RIGHTS ACCORDED
 TO TENANTS IN OCCUPANCY IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, OR  (II)  A
 BONA FIDE NONTENANT PURCHASER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14678-01-2
              

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