Title PBG, Public Housing

* § 567. Village of Liverpool housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the village of Liverpool housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the village of Liverpool in the\ncounty of Onondaga for the accomplishment of any or all of the purp…

* § 568. Town of Goshen Housing Authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Town of Goshen Housing Authority, is\nhereby created and established for the town of Goshen in the county of\nOrange, for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified\nin …

* § 568. Village of Kaser Housing Authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the village of Kaser Housing Authority, is\nhereby created and established for the village of Kaser in the county of\nRockland for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specifi…

* § 569. Town of Mamaroneck housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the town of Mamaroneck housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the town of Mamaroneck in the county\nof Westchester for the accomplishment of any or all of the purpose…

* § 569. Town of Tully Housing Authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Town of Tully Housing Authority, is hereby\ncreated and established for the town of Tully in the county of Onondaga\nfor the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in\nar…

§ 57. Dissolution of authorities. An authority or the municipality\nmay apply to the supreme court in any county in which the municipality\nor any part thereof is located, for an order dissolving the authority.\nThe court thereupon shall hold a hearing in open court after such n…

§ 570. Village of Scotia housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Village of Scotia housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the Village of Scotia in the county\nof Schenectady for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nsp…

§ 571. Town of Patterson housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Town of Patterson housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the Town of Patterson in the County\nof Putnam for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specifie…

§ 572. Town of Allegany housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the town of Allegany housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the town of Allegany in the county of\nCattaraugus for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspeci…

§ 573. Town of Southampton housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the town of Southampton housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the town of Southampton in the county\nof Suffolk for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\n…

§ 574. Village of Elbridge housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Village of Elbridge housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the village of Elbridge in the county\nof Onondaga for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\…

§ 575. Town of Glenville housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Town of Glenville housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the town of Glenville in the county\nof Schenectady for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nsp…

§ 58. Sale or lease of municipal projects by authorities. 1. An\nauthority, subject to the approval of the local legislative body of the\nmunicipality in which such authority has territorial jurisdiction, may\nsell or lease any municipal project of such authority to any corporat…

§ 58-a. Sale of dwelling units by authorities. 1. Subject to the\napproval of the commissioner in the case of a state project, the federal\ngovernment in the case of a federal project or in the case of dwelling\nunits leased by an authority pursuant to the provisions of section\…

§ 58-b. Sale or lease of project in connection with federal program of\nassistance for low income housing. In order to obtain for a project or\nportion thereof the benefits of any federal program of assistance for\nhousing of persons and families of low income, an authority, oth…

§ 59. Disposal of records. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral, special or local law, any municipal housing authority or\nofficer or employee thereof is hereby empowered to destroy, sell or\notherwise dispose of any book, paper, map, photograph, microphotograph\nor…

§ 60. Reproduction of records. Any municipal housing authority may\ncause any paper, document or other record kept or recorded by it to be\nrecorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic,\nmicrofilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other process which\naccu…

§ 600. Obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the term "covered housing agency" shall mean\nany state department, agency or office administering housing and\ncommunity development laws or housing and community development programs…

* § 605. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Homeless" means lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime\nresidence; having a primary nighttime residence that is a public or\nprivate place not designed…

* § 606. Housing access voucher pilot program. The commissioner,\nsubject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose, shall implement\na four-year pilot program to provide rental assistance in the form of\nhousing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homele…

* § 607. Eligibility. The commissioner shall promulgate standards for\ndetermining eligibility for assistance under this pilot program.\nIndividuals and families who meet the standards shall be eligible\nregardless of immigration status. Eligibility shall be limited to\nindividu…

* § 608. Funding allocation and distribution. 1. Subject to\nappropriation, funding shall be allocated by the commissioner in each\ncounty except for those counties located within the city of New York,\nthe initial allocation shall be in proportion to the number of\nhouseholds i…

* § 609. Payment of housing vouchers. 1. The housing voucher shall be\npaid directly to any owner under a contract between the owner of the\ndwelling unit to be occupied by the voucher recipient and the\nappropriate housing access voucher local administrator. The commissioner\ns…

§ 61. Tenant meetings in common areas. Any group, committee, or other\norganization comprised of tenants residing in housing authority\ndevelopments conducting a meeting authorized pursuant to section two\nhundred thirty of the real property law shall have the right to meet\nwit…

* § 610. Leases and tenancy. Each housing assistance payment contract\nentered into by a housing access voucher local administrator and the\nowner of a dwelling unit shall provide:\n 1. that the lease between the tenant and the owner shall be for a term\nof not less than one yea…

* § 611. Rental obligation. The monthly rental obligation for an\nindividual or family receiving housing assistance pursuant to the\nhousing access voucher pilot program shall be the greater of:\n 1. thirty percent of the monthly adjusted income of the family or\nindividual; or\…

* § 612. Monthly assistance payment. 1. The amount of the monthly\nassistance payment with respect to any dwelling unit shall be the\ndifference between the maximum monthly rent which the contract provides\nthat the owner is to receive for the unit and the rent the individual or…

* § 613. Inspection of units. Inspection of units shall be conducted\npursuant to the procedures and standards of the Federal Housing Choice\nvoucher program, as set forth in the applicable sections of Part 982 of\nTitle 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.\n * NB Expires May …

* § 614. Rent. 1. The rent for dwelling units for which a housing\nassistance payment contract is established under this article shall be\nreasonable in comparison with rents charged for comparable dwelling\nunits in the private, unassisted local market.\n 2. A housing access vo…

* § 615. Vacated units. If an assisted family vacates a dwelling unit\nfor which rental assistance is provided under a housing assistance\npayment contract before the expiration of the term of the lease for the\nunit, rental assistance pursuant to such contract may not be provid…

* § 616. Leasing of units owned by a housing access voucher local\nadministrator. 1. If an eligible individual or family assisted under\nthis article leases a dwelling unit (other than a public housing\ndwelling unit) that is owned by a housing access voucher local\nadministrato…

* § 617. Verification of income. The commissioner shall establish\nprocedures which are appropriate and necessary to assure that income\ndata provided to the housing access voucher local administrator and\nowners by individuals and families applying for or receiving assistance\n…

* § 618. Division of an assisted family. 1. In those instances where a\nfamily assisted under this article becomes divided into two otherwise\neligible individuals or families due to divorce, legal separation or the\ndivision of the family, where such individuals or families can…

* § 619. Maintenance of effort. Any funds made available pursuant to\nthis article shall not be used to offset or reduce the amount of funds\npreviously expended for the same or similar programs in a prior year in\nany county or in the city of New York, but shall be used to supp…

* § 620. Vouchers statewide. Notwithstanding section six hundred ten\nof this article, any voucher issued pursuant to this article may be used\nfor housing anywhere in the state. The commissioner shall inform voucher\nholders that a voucher may be used anywhere in the state and,…

* § 621. Applicable codes. Housing eligible for participation in the\nhousing access voucher pilot program shall comply with applicable state\nand local health, housing, building and safety codes.\n * NB Expires May 1, 2030\n

* § 622. Housing choice. 1. The commissioner shall administer the\nhousing access voucher pilot program under this article to promote\nhousing choice for voucher holders. The commissioner shall affirmatively\npromote fair housing to the extent possible under this pilot program.\…

* § 623. Annual reports. The commissioner shall, on or before November\nfirst, two thousand twenty-six and annually thereafter until the\nconclusion of the pilot program created pursuant to this article, submit\na report on the implementation of this article in counties located\…

§ 625. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York city public housing preservation trust act".\n

§ 626. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares\nthat significant capital investment is required to design, develop,\nconstruct, reconstruct, improve, modernize, rehabilitate, and repair the\naging buildings owned or operated by the New York city housing a…

§ 627. Definitions. As used or referred to in this article:\n 1. "Alternative project delivery contract" means any project delivery\nmethod authorized by this article, including construction manager build,\nconstruction manager at risk, and design-build, pursuant to which one or…

§ 628. New York city public housing preservation trust. 1. There is\nhereby established a public benefit corporation to be known as the "New\nYork city public housing preservation trust". The purpose of such trust\nshall be the design, development, construction, reconstruction,\…

§ 629. Powers and duties of the trust. The trust shall have the\nfollowing powers and duties:\n 1. to sue and be sued;\n 2. to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. to make and, as necessary, to amend and repeal by-laws for the\ntrust and the management and regulation…

§ 630. Transfer of property. 1. NYCHA, acting by NYCHA board\nresolution and in accordance with a disposition or similar plan approved\nby the United States department of housing and urban development in\naccordance with applicable federal law, which shall include a letter of\na…

§ 631. Resident protections and opportunities. 1. The protections\nafforded to a resident of a housing facility shall be consistent with\nthose afforded to a public housing resident, to the extent permitted in\naccordance with federal law, and subject to and with the approval of…

§ 632. Compliance with codes. 1. The trust shall, in the design,\ndevelopment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, modernization,\nrehabilitation, repair, and operation of or otherwise providing for\nhousing facilities, comply and cause all contractors of the trust to\nco…

§ 633. Contracts of the trust. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law\nto the contrary, including but not limited to article eight of this\nchapter, the trust shall establish and maintain procurement policies\nthat shall set forth the methods and procedures by which the trust s…

§ 634. Alternative project delivery contracts. 1. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of law to the contrary, including but not limited to section\nseventy-two hundred ten of the education law, and in conformity with the\nrequirements of this article, for any public work undertaken p…

§ 635. Additional authority. The procurement authority conferred by\nthis article shall not impact or impair, and shall be in addition to,\nthe authority conferred by the NYCHA modernization investment act and\nthe New York city public works investment act.\n

§ 636. Additional requirements for alternative project delivery\ncontracts. Construction performed under a contract entered into by the\ntrust pursuant to this article shall be deemed a "public work" to be\nperformed in accordance with the provisions of article eight of the\nlab…