Title PBG, Public Housing

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

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

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

§ 215. Rules and regulations. An agency may promulgate supplementary\nrules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this article, not\ninconsistent with the provisions of this article.\n

§ 219-a. Policy of state and purpose of article. It is hereby\ndeclared that there exists within the state, and particularly within\ncertain cities thereof, an acute shortage of housing; that low income\ninhabitants of the state, and particularly demobilized servicemen of\nworld…

§ 219-b. Definitions. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other\narticle of this chapter the following terms, whenever used or referred\nto in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. The term "emergenc…

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

§ 219-d. Additional powers of certain cities. A city having more than\none million inhabitants shall have the following powers in addition to\nthe other powers granted by this chapter:\n 1. Undertake one or more emergency projects and for that purpose such\ncity shall have the r…

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

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

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

§ 219-h. Tax exemptions. The provisions of subdivisions one, two and\nthree of section fifty-two of this chapter shall apply with equal force\nand effect to emergency projects so long as such projects are controlled\nby an authority or a city, provided, however, that any bonds, …

§ 219-i. Miscellaneous. 1. All actions taken, contracts or\ncommitments made, appropriations made, indebtedness incurred, all bonds\nor other obligations heretofore issued, including any guarantees\nthereof, and the proceedings authorizing the issuance thereof, and all\nthings d…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 224. Pending actions or proceedings. This chapter or anything\ntherein contained shall not affect or abate any actions, proceedings,\ncivil or criminal, pending at the time when this chapter shall take\neffect, brought by, for or against the state, the state board of\nhousing,…

§ 225. Saving clause. The repeal of the laws as specified in section\ntwo hundred twenty-seven and any other provisions of this chapter, shall\nnot affect or impair any contract or remedy, or any act done or any\nright accruing, accrued or acquired, taxes, tax obligations, or\ne…

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

§ 227. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed,\nexcept as provided in sections one hundred ninety-three and two hundred\ntwenty-five.\nLaws of Chapter Sections\n1926 ....................…

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

§ 23. Project monitoring. The commissioner shall establish such\nprocedures deemed necessary for monitoring compliance of an eligible\nlow-income building with the provisions of this article, and for\nnotifying the commissioner of taxation and finance of any such\nnoncompliance.…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 35. Non-liability of authority members. No personal liability or\naccountability shall attach to any member of an authority or to any\nperson executing bonds of such authority by reason of the execution or\nissuance thereof.\n

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

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

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

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

§ 40. Aid from and cooperation with federal government. An authority\nis empowered to include in agreements with the federal government\nprovisions that such government shall have the right to supervise and\napprove the construction, maintenance and operation of any project to\n…

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

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

§ 402. Special provisions with respect to the New York City Housing\nAuthority. 1. It is hereby found and declared, as a result of\ninvestigation and study, that enactment of the provisions hereinafter\nset forth is necessary for reorganization of the authority to enable it\nto …

§ 402-a. Defense and indemnification in civil actions against\nemployees of the New York city housing authority. 1. As used in this\nsection, the term "employee" shall mean the members, including the\nchairman of the New York city housing authority appointed by the mayor\nof the…