Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 14, 2024 |
print number 1954a |
May 14, 2024 |
amend and recommit to housing |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to housing |
Jan 23, 2023 |
referred to housing |
Assembly Bill A1954A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Bill Amendments
2023-A1954 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S9357
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Housing
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§352-e, 352-eee & 352-eeee, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
A5684
2011-2012: A4450
2013-2014: A5594
2015-2016: A3737
2017-2018: A8162
2019-2020: A3411
2021-2022: A7017
2023-A1954 - Summary
Expands definition of eligible senior citizen and disabled person to include any member of the tenant's household lawfully occupying the premises as such person's residence who is 62 years of age with respect to condominium and cooperative conversion to provide protection to disabled and senior citizen non-purchasing residents of buildings that undergo cooperative or condominium conversions under an eviction plan even where such residents are not tenants of record in the buildings.
2023-A1954 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1954 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to senior citizens and disabled persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivi- sion 2-a of section 352-e of the general business law, as added by chap- ter 771 of the laws of 1983, are amended to read as follows: (iii) "Eligible senior citizens". Non-purchasing tenants who are sixty-two years of age or older on the date the attorney general has accepted the plan for filing, and the spouses of any such tenants on such date, [and who have elected] OR ANY MEMBER OF THE TENANT'S HOUSE- HOLD, LAWFULLY OCCUPYING THE PREMISES AS HIS OR HER RESIDENCE WHO IS SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER ON SUCH DATE, PROVIDED, IN THE CASE OF A TENANT'S HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, THAT HE OR SHE HAS LIVED IN THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AS HIS OR HER RESIDENCE FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR PRECEDING SUCH DATE. THE TENANT MUST ELECT, within sixty days of the date the attorney general has accepted the plan for filing, on forms promulgated by the attorney general and presented to such tenants by the offeror, to become non-purchasing tenants under the provisions of this subdivision; provided that such election shall not preclude any such tenant from subsequently purchasing the dwelling unit on the terms then offered to tenants in occupancy. (iv) "Eligible disabled persons". Non-purchasing tenants who have an impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent and which [prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful employment] SUBSTANTIALLY LIMIT ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES on the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03387-01-3
co-Sponsors
MaryJane Shimsky
Stefani Zinerman
Juan Ardila
Karines Reyes
2023-A1954A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S9357
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Housing
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§352-e, 352-eee & 352-eeee, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
A5684
2011-2012: A4450
2013-2014: A5594
2015-2016: A3737
2017-2018: A8162
2019-2020: A3411
2021-2022: A7017
2023-A1954A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Expands definition of eligible senior citizen and disabled person to include any member of the tenant's household lawfully occupying the premises as such person's residence who is 62 years of age with respect to condominium and cooperative conversion to provide protection to disabled and senior citizen non-purchasing residents of buildings that undergo cooperative or condominium conversions under an eviction plan even where such residents are not tenants of record in the buildings.
2023-A1954A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1954--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to senior citizens and disabled persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivi- sion 2-a of section 352-e of the general business law, as added by chap- ter 771 of the laws of 1983, are amended to read as follows: (iii) "Eligible senior citizens". Non-purchasing tenants who are sixty-two years of age or older on the date the attorney general has accepted the plan for filing, and the spouses of any such tenants on such date, [and who have elected] OR ANY MEMBER OF THE TENANT'S HOUSE- HOLD, LAWFULLY OCCUPYING THE PREMISES AS SUCH PERSON'S RESIDENCE WHO IS SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER ON SUCH DATE, PROVIDED, IN THE CASE OF A TENANT'S HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, THAT SUCH PERSON HAS LIVED IN THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AS SUCH PERSON'S RESIDENCE FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR PRECEDING SUCH DATE. THE TENANT MUST ELECT, within sixty days of the date the attorney general has accepted the plan for filing, on forms promulgated by the attorney general and presented to such tenants by the offeror, to become non-purchasing tenants under the provisions of this subdivision; provided that such election shall not preclude any such tenant from subsequently purchasing the dwelling unit on the terms then offered to tenants in occupancy. (iv) "Eligible disabled persons". Non-purchasing tenants who have an impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent and which [prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful employment] SUBSTANTIALLY LIMIT ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES on the
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