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                                   5401
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to  requir-
   ing  housing owned by limited-profit housing companies to be inspected
   on an annual basis by a housing management representative

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 32-a of the private housing finance law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15. (A) DIRECT THEIR DEPARTMENT OR THE SUPERVISING AGENCY TO APPOINT A
 HOUSING MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO EACH COMPANY TO PERFORM  AN  ANNUAL
 INSPECTION  OF  EACH  BUILDING  OWNED OR MAINTAINED BY A HOUSING COMPANY
 PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL NOTIFY THE  HOUSING  COMPANY  OF  ANY
 VIOLATIONS  FOUND  AS  A  RESULT OF SUCH INSPECTION WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS
 DAYS OF SUCH INSPECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF ANY VIOLATION  FOUND
 AS  A  RESULT  OF  SUCH  INSPECTION  PRESENTS  HAZARDOUS  CONDITIONS AND
 REQUIRES AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE THEN SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE  PROVIDED
 TO THE HOUSING COMPANY IMMEDIATELY. THE DEPARTMENT OR SUPERVISING AGENCY
 SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  THE  HOUSING  COMPANY  CERTIFY  CORRECTION OF SUCH
 VIOLATION WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME, AS DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OR  THE SUPERVISING AGENCY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A REASONABLE
 TIMEFRAME SHALL BE NO LONGER THAN: (I) NINETY DAYS FOR  A  NON-HAZARDOUS
 CONDITION,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MISSING PEEPHOLES, FAILURE TO
 PLACE STREET NUMBERS ON THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING, AND IMPROPER SEATS ON
 TOILETS; (II) THIRTY DAYS FOR A HAZARDOUS CONDITION, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO, LEAKS, SMALL HOLES, INADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR STAIRS, MISSING
 SMOKE DETECTORS, OR UNLAWFUL BARS ON WINDOWS; (III) TWENTY-ONE DAYS  FOR
 A LEAD-BASED PAINT OR WINDOW GUARD VIOLATION; AND (IV) TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
 FOR  ANY IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 INADEQUATE HEAT OR HOT WATER SUPPLY, RODENTS, BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLUMB-
 ING FIXTURES, DEFECTIVE PLASTER AND DEFECTIVE FAUCETS. THE DEPARTMENT OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 SUPERVISING AGENCY SHALL POST THE RESULTS OF SUCH  INSPECTIONS  AND  ANY
 ENSUING  CERTIFICATION  OF  CORRECTION OF VIOLATION ON THE DEPARTMENT OR
 SUPERVISING AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
   (B)  EACH  DEVELOPMENT  SHALL HAVE A HOUSING MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE
 ASSIGNED TO THEM BY THE DEPARTMENT OR SUPERVISING AGENCY  THAT  OVERSEES
 SUCH  DEVELOPMENT.  SUCH  HOUSING  MANAGEMENT  REPRESENTATIVE  SHALL  BE
 RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE DEVELOPMENT'S  MANAGEMENTS
 AS  OUTLINED  IN  TITLE  9  OF  THE NEW YORK CODES, RULES & REGULATIONS.
 HOUSING MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES  SHALL  CONDUCT  THE  ANNUAL  ON-SITE
 INSPECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION,
 INCLUDING  RECOMMENDATIONS,  IN  A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND
 HOUSING COMPANY. THE DEPARTMENT OR SUPERVISING AGENCY SHALL REQUIRE  THE
 DEVELOPMENT'S  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OR MANAGING AGENT TO RESPOND TO THE
 REPORT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS, DETAILING  THE  HOUSING  COMPANY'S  PLAN  FOR
 CORRECTIVE ACTION.
   (C)  AN  INSPECTION  MAY  INCLUDE,  BUT  IS NOT LIMITED TO: A PHYSICAL
 INSPECTION OF ALL BUILDINGS IN  THE  DEVELOPMENT,  THE  GROUNDS,  COMMON
 FACILITIES AND CENTRAL SYSTEMS FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION; A REVIEW OF ALL
 RECORDS  THE  AGENCY OR SUPERVISING AUTHORITY DEEMS RELEVANT; INTERVIEWS
 OF SHAREHOLDERS, BOARD MEMBERS, HOUSING COMPANY EMPLOYEES AND MANAGEMENT
 COMPANY EMPLOYEES AND ANY OTHER  INFORMATION  WHICH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OR
 SUPERVISING AGENCY DEEMS RELEVANT.
   (D)  THE  DEPARTMENT  OR  SUPERVISING  AGENCY  SHALL  REVIEW ANY LOCAL
 HEALTH, SAFETY OR BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS REPORTS OR  NOTICES  RETAINED
 BY  THE  HOUSING  COMPANY  AND SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THE BUILDINGS AND
 UNITS SATISFY THE UNIFORM PHYSICAL CONDITIONS STANDARDS  ESTABLISHED  BY
 HUD  (24  CFR  5.703).  THE  HUD  PHYSICAL CONDITION STANDARDS SHALL NOT
 SUPERSEDE OR PREEMPT LOCAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND BUILDING CODES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.