S3133B-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Relates to modifying the composition of membership of the Buffalo municipal housing authority

Relates to modifying the composition of membership of the Buffalo municipal housing authority.

Sponsor: GRISANTI / Committee: HOUSING
Law Section: Public Housing Law / Law: Amd S404, Pub Hous L

S3133B-2011 Actions

May 22, 2012: referred to housing
May 22, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
May 22, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jan 23, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Jan 19, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Jan 18, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.43
Jan 5, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 3133B
Jan 5, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
May 2, 2011: referred to housing
May 2, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
May 2, 2011: PASSED SENATE
Mar 23, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3133A
Mar 14, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Mar 10, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Mar 9, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.196
Feb 9, 2011: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

S3133B-2011 Meetings

Housing, Construction and Community Development: Jan 18, 2012

S3133B-2011 Calendars

S3133B-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Housing, Construction and Community Development - Mar 9, 2011

Ayes (7): Young, Bonacic, Gallivan, Grisanti, Ritchie, Espaillat, Diaz
Ayes W/R (1): Krueger

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - May 2, 2011

Ayes (43): Alesi, Ball, Bonacic, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Duane, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Peralta, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Seward, Skelos, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (17): Adams, Addabbo, Avella, Breslin, Dilan, Espaillat, Gianaris, Hassell-Thomps, Krueger, Montgomery, Parker, Perkins, Rivera, Serrano, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin
Excused (2): Oppenheimer, Smith

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Housing, Construction and Community Development - Jan 18, 2012

Ayes (6): Young, Bonacic, Gallivan, Grisanti, Ritchie, Diaz
Ayes W/R (1): Krueger
Nays (1): Espaillat

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - May 22, 2012

Ayes (44): Adams, Alesi, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Johnson, Klein, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Stavisky, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (15): Addabbo, Avella, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Gianaris, Hassell-Thomps, Kennedy, Krueger, Montgomery, Oppenheimer, Rivera, Serrano, Squadron, Stewart-Cousin
Excused (2): Huntley, McDonald

S3133B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3133B

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public housing law, in relation to modifying the
composition of the membership of the Buffalo municipal housing authority

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To change NYS Public Housing Law to Grant the Buffalo Common Council the
power to appoint one commissioner to the Buffalo Municipal Housing
Authority governing board.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 404 of the NYS public housing law is amended to allow the
governing board of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority to be
comprised of seven members, two elected by tenants, one member appointed
by the common council and four members appointed by the mayor of
Buffalo, one of whom shall be designated by the mayor as chairman
removable at his or her pleasure.

The chairman and the members of the authority other than the tenant
members shall receive a salary fixed by local law. The two tenant
members shall receive a monthly stipend in the amount of $250.

The act shall take effect immediately

JUSTIFICATION:
Over the past several years residents of the city of Buffalo's Marine
Drive Apartments have reported numerous quality of life problems at the
complex. These range from matters such as inadequate snow removal, which
poses a problem for the many elderly residents of Marine Drive, to more
serious safety concerns like the failure of building management to
coordinate with the Buffalo Police Department with regard to illegal
activity. Tenant complaints to the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority
(BMHA), the agency that owns the property and will assume management of
the property in 2011, have risen with many of these same tenants feeling
their complaints have been ignored. It is imperative that the Buffalo
Municipal Housing Authority Tenant Council has a board of commissioners
that represent the diverse needs of the greater Buffalo area as well as
those of the housing agency. This bill allows the Buffalo Common Council
to appoint one housing commissioner to ensure a more transparent,
accountable and representative board of commissioners on behalf of the
residents of Marine Drive and to the taxpayers of Buffalo.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the state

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

S3133B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 3133--B
 Cal. No. 196
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 9, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
 Community  Development  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee,
 ordered to first and  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
 amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
 third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing, Construction
 and Community Development in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  -
 committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee
 

AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in  relation  to  modifying  the
 composition of the membership of the Buffalo municipal housing author
 ity
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 404 of the public housing law, as amended by  chap
 ter 576 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:

 

S  404. Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.  1. The Buffalo Municipal
 Housing Authority is hereby constituted and declared to be a body corpo
 rate and politic with all the powers, rights and  duties  set  forth  in
 article five of the former state housing law.
 2.  THE  GOVERNING  BOARD OF THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE COMPRISED OF SEVEN
 MEMBERS, WITH TWO MEMBERS ELECTED BY TENANTS, ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY
 THE  COMMON  COUNCIL AND FOUR MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF BUFFALO,
 ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR AS  CHAIRMAN  REMOVABLE  AT
 HIS  OR HER PLEASURE. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
 any member of such authority appointed  or  reappointed  by  THE  COMMON
 COUNCIL  OR  the  mayor of Buffalo shall be subject to confirmation by a
 majority vote of the common council of such city.
 3.   THE CHAIRMAN AND THE MEMBERS OF  THE  AUTHORITY  OTHER  THAN  THE
 TENANT  MEMBERS  SHALL  RECEIVE  A  SALARY, THE AMOUNT OF WHICH SHALL BE
 FIXED BY LOCAL LAW. THE TWO  TENANT  MEMBERS  SHALL  RECEIVE  A  MONTHLY
 STIPEND IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07000-13-1

S3133B-2011: Relates to modifying the composition of membership of the Buffalo municipal housing authority