New York S 6781: Relates to the payment of arrears for certain taxes and placing limitations on housing development fund company regulatory agreements

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S06781 Summary:

BILL NOS06781 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§577-b & 576, Priv Hous Fin L

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Modifies certain eligibility requirements; extends the time period for the payment of arrears for certain taxes; places limitations on housing development fund company regulatory agreements.

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6781

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to the
 payment of arrears for certain taxes and placing limitations on hous-
 ing development fund company regulatory agreements

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 and subparagraphs 1 and 9 of
 2 paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 577-b of the private housing
 3 finance law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 225 of
 4 the laws of 2004 and subparagraphs 1 and 9 of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 5 sion 2 as added by chapter 315 of the laws of 2002, are amended and
 6 paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 is amended by adding a new subparagraph
 7 4-a to read as follows:
 8 (b) [on January first, two thousand two, had] has outstanding munici-
 9 pal real estate taxes relating to any prior period [prior to January
 10 first, two thousand one].
 11 (1) a term of [thirty] forty years;
 12 (4-a) that suspended arrears shall be subordinated to any loan
 13 obtained by the housing development fund corporation for allowable
 14 purposes;
 15 (9) that the company shall be required to increase maintenance charges
 16 by a minimum of two percent per year or impose assessments to insure
 17 that the company can provide for its obligations.
 18 § 2. Section 576 of the private housing finance law is amended by
 19 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 20 4. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
 21 contrary, a regulatory agreement pursuant to this section shall not:
 22 a. Include a requirement for a monitor approved by the commissioner or
 23 supervising agency, as the case may be;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11249-01-5

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 1 b. Place any limitations that would restrict the ability of a housing
 2 development fund company to obtain a mortgage or comply with the
 3 provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to, imposing sales
 4 caps on the sale of dwelling units within a housing development fund
 5 company project;
 6 c. Require a housing development fund company to hire a management
 7 company from a list of companies approved by the commissioner or super-
 8 vising agency, as the case may be;
 9 d. Where a shareholder of a housing development fund company inherits
 10 residential property within one hundred miles of the municipality where
 11 the housing development fund company project, require such shareholder
 12 to either vacate their dwelling unit in the housing development fund
 13 company project or sell such inherited property;
 14 e. Limit the assets of a shareholder of a housing development fund
 15 company to one hundred seventy-five percent or less of the area median
 16 income for a family of four for the county in which a project is located
 17 as calculated by the United States department of housing and urban
 18 development;
 19 f. Require a shareholder to demonstrate they reside in the housing
 20 development fund company project dwelling unit more than one hundred
 21 eighty-three days a year; or
 22 g. Require the sale of a dwelling unit in a housing development fund
 23 company project to be adminis