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CHAPTER 808 AN ACT in relation to slum clearance and low rent housing, constituting chapter forty-four-a of the consolidated laws Became a law June 8, 1939, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:…
ARTICLE I SHORT TITLE; POLICY OF STATE AND PURPOSE OF CHAPTER; DEFINITIONS Section 1. Short title. 2. Policy of state and purpose of chapter. 3. Definitions.
Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "public housing law."
§ 2. Policy of state and purpose of chapter. It is hereby declared that in certain areas of cities, towns and villages of the state there exist insanitary and substandard housing conditions owing to overcrowding and concentration of the population, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air a…
§ 3. Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. The term "commissioner" means the state commissioner of housing and community renewal. Reference in this chapter or in any other general,…
ARTICLE II DIVISION OF HOUSING Section 10. Division of housing and community renewal. 11. Commissioner of housing and community renewal; appointment; term of office; vacancies; salaries. 12. Officers and employees. 12-b. Refunds. 13. Disqualification of commissioner, officers and employees. 14. Powers and duties of the…
§ 10. Division of housing and community renewal. There shall be in the executive department a division of housing and community renewal. Reference in this chapter or in any other general, special or local law to the division of housing shall be deemed to mean and refer to the division of housing and community renewal w…
§ 11. Commissioner of housing and community renewal; appointment; term of office; vacancies; salaries. The head of the division of housing and community renewal shall be the commissioner of housing and community renewal who shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office during his pleasure. The commissioner s…
§ 12. Officers and employees. Subject to approval by the governor, or pursuant to rules prescribed by him, the commissioner may appoint such officers and employees as may be required for the performance of the powers and duties of the division, determine their qualifications and fix their compensation within the amount…
§ 12-b. Refunds. Moneys received by the state division of housing or the commissioner of housing pursuant to this chapter and the private housing finance law or under any agreement prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-one may be refunded: (a) where such moneys were not required by law or the commissioner's rules…
§ 13. Disqualification of commissioner, officers and employees. Neither the commissioner, nor any officer or employee in the division of housing shall acquire any interest direct or indirect in a project or in any property then or thereafter included or planned to be included in a project, nor retain any interest direc…
§ 14. Powers and duties of the commissioner; generally. 1. In addition to the powers hereinafter granted, the commissioner, his counsel or any other officer or employee of the division specially designated by the commissioner shall have the following powers: (a) assist in the preparation of legislation and formulate re…
§ 15. Actions and proceedings against the commissioner or the state; intervention by commissioner in certain actions and proceedings. With regard to duties or liabilities arising out of this chapter, the state or the commissioner may be sued in the same manner as a private person. In any action or proceeding affecting…
§ 16. Powers and duties of commissioner with respect to state projects. With respect to any state project, the commissioner shall have the following duties and powers: 1. To order such repairs of the buildings and structures constituting the project as may be necessary. 2. To order the authority or the municipality if…
§ 17. Occupancy preference. The occupancy of any state project shall be restricted to persons of low income and preference shall be given to persons who live or shall have lived in the substandard or insanitary area or areas which have been or will be cleared, replanned, reconstructed or rehabilitated pursuant to a pla…
§ 18. Effects of breach or of acquisition of projects by third persons. In every contract for a loan by the state or for periodic subsidies by the state, or both, a substantial breach of the condition set forth therein providing for the maintenance of the project as low rent housing shall be defined in such terms as th…
§ 19. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall have the power, from time to time, to make, promulgate, modify, amend and repeal rules and regulations to effectuate his powers and duties. No such rule or regulation except such as relates to the organization or internal management of the division of housing, shall b…
§ 19-a. Electronic lease regulations. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with the electronic facilitator as defined in section three hundred three of the state technology law, shall promulgate rules and regulations authorizing the use of electronic records or signatures on a voluntary basis by tenants for residential…
§ 20. Annual reports. 1. The commissioner shall, on or before October first in each year, beginning in nineteen hundred ninety, submit one or more reports to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and minority leader of the assembly on the act…
ARTICLE 2-A NEW YORK STATE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM Section 21. Definitions. 22. Allowance of credit, amount and limitations. 23. Project monitoring. 24. Credit recapture. 25. Regulations, coordination with federal low-income housing credit provisions.
§ 21. Definitions. 1. (a) "Applicable percentage" means the appropriate percentage (depending on whether a building is new, existing, or federally subsidized) prescribed by the secretary of the treasury for purposes of section 42 of the internal revenue code for the month which is the earlier of (i) the month in which…
§ 22. Allowance of credit, amount and limitations. 1. A taxpayer subject to tax under article nine-A, twenty-two, or thirty-three of the tax law which owns an interest in one or more eligible low-income buildings, or a transferee of such a taxpayer as described in subdivision eight of this section, shall be allowed a c…
§ 23. Project monitoring. The commissioner shall establish such procedures deemed necessary for monitoring compliance of an eligible low-income building with the provisions of this article, and for notifying the commissioner of taxation and finance of any such noncompliance.
§ 24. Credit recapture. If, as of the close of any taxable year in the compliance period, the amount of the qualified basis of any building with respect to the taxpayer is less than the amount of such basis as of the close of the preceding taxable year, the credit under this article may be recaptured as provided in sec…
§ 25. Regulations, coordination with federal low-income housing credit provisions. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this act. 2. The provisions of section 42 of the internal revenue code shall apply to the credit under this article, provided however, t…