S 10517 NY
Requires a procedure for notification when a family member applies and is denied by a limited-profit housing company to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement
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Summary
This New York bill requires the commissioner or supervising agency to develop a procedure for notifying family members when their application to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement in a limited-profit housing company is denied. The written notification must include the reasons for the denial and information about the appeals process. The bill establishes an appeals process that includes a hearing before the commissioner or supervising agency where the applicant, their designee, and interested witnesses can review the housing company's determination and submit additional information. Limited-profit housing companies may implement additional procedures so long as they are consistent with the procedures developed by the commissioner or supervising agency.
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Requires a procedure for notification of a family member of a tenant or cooperator in the case that their application to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement is denied by a limited-profit housing company.
Sponsor (1)
- Brian Kavanagh Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT · upper
Text versions (2)
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  SPONSOR KAVANAGH   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §31, Priv Hous Fin L   Requires a procedure for notification of a family member of a tenant or cooperator in the case that their application to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement is denied by a limited-profit housing company.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10517
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 requir- ing a procedure for notification of a family member of a tenant or cooperator in the case that their application to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement is denied by a limited-profit housing company
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 31 of the private housing finance law is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows: 3 16. The commissioner or supervising agency shall develop a procedure 4 whereby a family member of a tenant or cooperator is notified in the 5 case that their application to succeed to a lease or occupancy agreement 6 is denied by a limited-profit housing company subject to the provisions 7 of this article, and such procedure shall also include the appeals proc- 8 ess available to the denied applicant. The notification that shall be 9 sent to the applicant shall be in written form, include reasons for the 10 denial, and the appeals process. Such appeal shall include a hearing 11 held by the commissioner or the supervising agency with the applicant, 12 or their designee, and any interested witnesses to review the housing 13 company's determination and any additional information submitted by the 14 applicant. Any limited-profit housing company may elect additional 15 procedures so long as such procedures are not inconsistent with the 16 procedures developed by the commissioner or supervising agency and any 17 other requirements set forth in this article. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 19 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 20 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 21 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 22 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14892-03-6
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