Requires a Mitchell-Lama cooperative seeking to dissolve to offer cooperators who may not be able to afford the increased carrying charges the opportunity to sell.
Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) / Multi-sponsor(s): Boyland, Brennan, Farrell, Glick, Heastie, Maisel, Markey, Pheffer, Reilly, Titone / Co-sponsor(s): Bing, Lopez V, Benedetto, Millman, Robinson, Cook, Kellner, Rivera N, Spano, Brook-Krasny, Jeffries, Jaffee
Law Section: Private Housing Finance Law / Law: Amd S35, Priv Hous Fin L
Sponsor: Rosenthal (MS) / Multi-sponsor(s): Boyland, Brennan, Farrell, Glick, Heastie, Maisel, Markey, Pheffer, Reilly, Titone / Co-sponsor(s): Bing, Lopez V, Benedetto, Millman, Robinson, Cook, Kellner, Rivera N, Spano, Brook-Krasny, Jeffries, Jaffee
Law Section: Private Housing Finance Law / Law: Amd S35, Priv Hous Fin L
A1772-2011 Actions
- Jan 4, 2012: referred to housing
- Jan 11, 2011: referred to housing
A1772-2011 Text
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
1772 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N ASSEMBLY January 11, 2011
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BING, V. LOPEZ, BENEDETTO, MILLMAN, ROBINSON, COOK, KELLNER, N. RIVERA, SPANO, BROOK-KRASNY, JEFFRIES, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, BRENNAN, FARRELL, GLICK, HEASTIE, MAISEL, MARKEY, PHEFFER, REILLY, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to mutual companies in a city with a population of one million or more THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
Section 35 of the private housing finance law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, A MUTUAL COMPANY THAT OPERATES A PROJECT IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, MUST, AT LEAST NINETY DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF ITS DISSOLUTION OR RECONSTITUTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, MAKE AN OFFER TO ALL OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS TO REPURCHASE THEIR SHARES IN SUCH MUTUAL COMPANY. A SHARE HOLDER WHO ELECTS TO SELL HIS OR HER SHARES BACK TO SUCH MUTUAL COMPANY SHALL BE OFFERED A ONE-YEAR OR A TWO-YEAR LEASE FOR HIS OR HER DWELLING UNIT TO COMMENCE UPON THE DATE OF SUCH DISSOLUTION OR RECONSTITUTION, AND SUCH DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE FULLY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE RENT STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE AND THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR. THE INITIAL LEGAL REGU LATED RENT FOR ANY SUCH DWELLING UNIT FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION DATE SHALL BE THE LAST CARRYING CHARGES AUTHORIZED FOR SUCH DWELLING UNIT BEFORE THE DISSOLUTION DATE, INCLUDING SURCHARGES, IF ANY, AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION 26-513 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ANY SUCH DWELLING UNIT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO RENT REGULATION SOLELY BY VIRTUE OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DECONTROLLED UPON THE FIRST VACANCY THEREOF.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01774-01-1

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