Title PBG, Public Housing

§ 213. Occupancy. 1. The dwelling units in any existing multiple dwelling aided by a loan pursuant to this article shall be available solely for persons or families of low income during the period in which any part of such loan remains unpaid and for a period of at least ten yea…

§ 214. Conditions precedent to making such loans. 1. No such loan shall be made by a municipality to an owner of an existing multiple dwelling unless the owner of such multiple dwelling and all persons holding a lien prior to that of the municipality shall covenant in writing th…

§ 214-a. Rent control; tax exemption. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the emergency housing rent control law and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, so long as the rents for any housing accommodations in any multiple dwelling aided by a loan pursuant to this artic…

§ 215. Rules and regulations. An agency may promulgate supplementary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this article, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.

§ 219-a. Policy of state and purpose of article. It is hereby declared that there exists within the state, and particularly within certain cities thereof, an acute shortage of housing; that low income inhabitants of the state, and particularly demobilized servicemen of world war…

§ 219-b. Definitions. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other article of this chapter the following terms, whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. The term "emergency pro…

§ 219-c. Additional powers of certain authorities. An authority operating in a city having more than one million inhabitants shall have the following powers in addition to the other powers granted by this chapter: 1. Prepare or arrange for preparation of plans for, acquire, cons…

§ 219-d. Additional powers of certain cities. A city having more than one million inhabitants shall have the following powers in addition to the other powers granted by this chapter: 1. Undertake one or more emergency projects and for that purpose such city shall have the rights…

* § 219-e. Suspension of building restrictions. 1. The provisions of the multiple dwelling law and of any other law, charter, administrative code, building law, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation pertaining to the construction, maintenance, use and occupation of housing ac…

§ 219-f. Disposition of emergency projects. Each emergency project shall be removed and disposed of as soon as practicable after the city in which the project is located determines that the emergency declared in this article has ended, but in no event beyond July first, nineteen…

§ 219-g. Limitations. An authority or city shall not initiate an emergency project after July first, nineteen hundred fifty nor unless it shall find (which finding shall be conclusive in any suit, action or proceeding) that within its territorial jurisdiction, there is a shortag…

§ 219-h. Tax exemptions. The provisions of subdivisions one, two and three of section fifty-two of this chapter shall apply with equal force and effect to emergency projects so long as such projects are controlled by an authority or a city, provided, however, that any bonds, not…

§ 219-i. Miscellaneous. 1. All actions taken, contracts or commitments made, appropriations made, indebtedness incurred, all bonds or other obligations heretofore issued, including any guarantees thereof, and the proceedings authorizing the issuance thereof, and all things done …

§ 22. Allowance of credit, amount and limitations. 1. A taxpayer subject to tax under article nine-A, twenty-two, or thirty-three of the tax law which owns an interest in one or more eligible low-income buildings, or a transferee of such a taxpayer as described in subdivision ei…

§ 220. Construction. This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes hereof, and the enumeration of specific powers in this chapter shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in this chapter or to exclude other powers c…

§ 221. Separability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operat…

§ 222. Application of other laws. For the purposes of the application of the lien law, the general corporation law, and except as in this chapter otherwise provided, for the purposes of the application of any general, special or local law imposing a tax, an authority shall be de…

§ 223. Prohibition against discrimination. For all the purposes of this chapter, no person shall, because of race, creed, color or national origin, be subjected to any discrimination.

§ 223-a. Discrimination against persons who have certain household pets. No person who has been adjudged to be legally blind or who is a severely physically handicapped person or who is a mute shall be denied occupancy in a dwelling in any project or be subjected to eviction fro…

§ 223-b. Discrimination against a person who is deaf or hard of hearing who has a hearing dog. No person who is deaf or hard of hearing shall be denied occupancy in a dwelling in any project or be subjected to eviction from any such dwelling on the sole ground that such person o…

§ 224. Pending actions or proceedings. This chapter or anything therein contained shall not affect or abate any actions, proceedings, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this chapter shall take effect, brought by, for or against the state, the state board of housing, any…

§ 225. Saving clause. The repeal of the laws as specified in section two hundred twenty-seven and any other provisions of this chapter, shall not affect or impair any contract or remedy, or any act done or any right accruing, accrued or acquired, taxes, tax obligations, or exemp…

§ 226. Transfer of records. The division of housing in the executive department is hereby continued. Notwithstanding the provisions of the state housing law, the term of office of all members of the state housing board in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter and of o…

§ 227. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed, except as provided in sections one hundred ninety-three and two hundred twenty-five. Laws of Chapter Sections 1926 ....................... 8…

§ 228. When to take effect. This act shall take effect July first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine.

§ 23. Project monitoring. The commissioner shall establish such procedures deemed necessary for monitoring compliance of an eligible low-income building with the provisions of this article, and for notifying the commissioner of taxation and finance of any such noncompliance.

§ 24. Credit recapture. If, as of the close of any taxable year in the compliance period, the amount of the qualified basis of any building with respect to the taxpayer is less than the amount of such basis as of the close of the preceding taxable year, the credit under this art…

§ 25. Regulations, coordination with federal low-income housing credit provisions. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this act. 2. The provisions of section 42 of the internal revenue code shall apply to the credi…

§ 3. Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. The term "commissioner" means the state commissioner of housing and community renewal. Reference…

§ 30. Organization of authorities. 1. In the case of an authority hereafter established by a special act of the legislature, the mayor of a city or village, or the town board of a town, shall file in the office of the commissioner, and a duplicate in the office of the secretary …

§ 301. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public housing drug elimination act".

§ 302. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that: (1) the state has a duty to provide public housing that is decent, safe, and free from illegal drugs; (2) public housing projects in many areas suffer from rampant drug-related crime; (3) drug dealers are increasingly impo…

§ 303. Authority to make grants. The commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of this article, may make grants to public housing authorities or agencies for use in eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects.

§ 304. Eligible activities. A public housing authority or agency may use a grant under this article for: (1) the employment of security personnel in public housing projects; (2) reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for additional security and protective services for p…

§ 305. Applications. (1) To receive a grant under this article, a public housing authority or agency shall submit an application to the commissioner at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such additional information as the commissioner may reasonably require. Such appl…

§ 306. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Controlled substance" shall have the same meaning given such term in section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law. (2) "Drug-related crime" shall mean the i…

§ 31. Scope of authority's jurisdiction. The territorial jurisdiction of an authority established for a city or village shall be coterminous with the territorial limits of such city or village, and the territorial jurisdiction of an authority established for a town shall include…

§ 32. Officers and employees; compensation and expenses. 1. When the office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. An authority shall select from among its members a vice-chairman, and it may employ, s…

§ 33. Transfer of officers and employees. Officers and employees of any board or department in or of the municipality, selected by the authority, who shall theretofore have passed a civil service examination with reference to the position they then hold, may be transferred with …

§ 34. Vacancies and removals. A vacancy occurring other than by reason of the expiration of the term of a member of an authority shall be filled for the unexpired term. The mayor of a city or village, or the town board of a town, may remove a member of the authority for ineffici…

§ 35. Non-liability of authority members. No personal liability or accountability shall attach to any member of an authority or to any person executing bonds of such authority by reason of the execution or issuance thereof.

§ 36. Disqualification of members and employees of authorities. No member or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest direct or indirect in a project or in any property then or thereafter included or planned to be included in a project, nor retain any interest direct …

§ 37. Powers of authority. 1. An authority shall have the following powers in addition to other powers granted in this chapter: (a) investigate into living conditions in the municipality and into the means of improving such conditions; (b) determine where insanitary or substanda…

§ 38. An authority shall file with the commissioner a copy of each proposed project embodying the plans, layout, estimated costs and proposed method of financing. Any change made in the project shall be filed with the commissioner by the authority. With reasonable promptness aft…

§ 39. Projects financed solely by authorities. An authority may undertake projects with funds obtained solely from sale of its bonds to persons, firms or corporations other than governments, provided that the municipality approves such projects in the manner provided for approva…

§ 40. Aid from and cooperation with federal government. An authority is empowered to include in agreements with the federal government provisions that such government shall have the right to supervise and approve the construction, maintenance and operation of any project to whic…

§ 400. Validation. The creation and establishment of the New York City Housing Authority under the provisions of article five of the former state housing law, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto, are hereby validate…

§ 401. New York City Housing Authority. The New York City Housing Authority is hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic with all the powers, rights and duties set forth in article five of the former state housing law.

§ 402. Special provisions with respect to the New York City Housing Authority. 1. It is hereby found and declared, as a result of investigation and study, that enactment of the provisions hereinafter set forth is necessary for reorganization of the authority to enable it to (a) …

§ 402-a. Defense and indemnification in civil actions against employees of the New York city housing authority. 1. As used in this section, the term "employee" shall mean the members, including the chairman of the New York city housing authority appointed by the mayor of the cit…