New York A 794: Requires NYCHA to establish and maintain a vacancy database

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A00794 Summary:

BILL NOA00794 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRSimone

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Amd §402, Pub Hous L

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Requires the New York city housing authority to establish and maintain a vacancy database.

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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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 794

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring New
 York city housing authority to maintain a database of vacant residen-
 tial housing units

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

 1 Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 3 12. a. The New York city housing authority shall establish and main-
 4 tain a public database of all residential dwelling units that have been
 5 vacant for at least one hundred eighty days.
 6 b. Such database shall contain:
 7 (i) the month and year when each unit was last vacated;
 8 (ii) the projected date for the completion of any necessary repairs in
 9 each such unit; and
 10 (iii) a projected date for when each such unit will be available.
 11 c. Such database shall be publicly available on the authority's
 12 website and updated on a quarterly basis.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02570-01-5

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