New York A 404: Requires the review of the bylaws of certain resident councils to ensure compliance with federal and state law

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A00404 Summary:

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Requires a municipal housing authority in a city having a population of one million inhabitants or more to review the bylaws of resident councils to ensure compliance with federal and state law.

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01/08/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 404

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the
 review of the bylaws of certain resident councils to ensure compliance
 with federal and state law

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 2 62 to read as follows:
 3 § 62. Resident councils; compliance. 1. For the purposes of this
 4 section, the term "resident council" shall include any tenant associ-
 5 ations, resident associations, or tenant councils.
 6 2. In a city having a population of one million inhabitants or more, a
 7 municipal housing authority shall review the bylaws of all resident
 8 councils to verify that the bylaws of such councils are compliant with
 9 federal and state law.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00285-01-5

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