In its final session of the year, the City Council declined to vote on the controversial legislation that would have prohibited any examination of arrest or criminal records of prospective residents of NYC multiple dwellings.
Click here to learn about eligibility and about application requirements. The first state in the Nation to implement this program which is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act, New York, will begin accepting applications on January 3rd. Low to moderate income home owners (including shareholders and unit owners are eligible for up to $50,000 in Corona-virus relief as part of New York State’s new HOMEOWNERS FUND. The only exception to the Mask requirement would be in a building that has required that ALL RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND GUESTS IN THE BUILDING be vaccinated. It has been clarified that the Governor’s Mask Mandate must be applied in our buildings. STATE MASK MANDATE APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC AREAS The bill was passed by both Senate and Assembly, but, before signing it into law on December 21st, Governor Hochul reached an agreement with the legislature to make amendments to the bill to clarify that cooperative housing corporations can impose legal fees on shareholders (while simultaneously clarifying that the shareholder cannot impose fees on a tenant or subtenant).ĬNYC applauds this trend toward better understanding of the nature and structure of housing cooperatives and the acknowledgement that cooperatives and condominiums are important forms of home ownership. During hearings, he asked on the record whether this law was intended to apply to housing cooperatives and Assembly member Dinowitz firmly stated that it applies only in a landlord-tenant rental situation.
Although the bill was carefully and specifically worded to apply only to renters and their landlords, Assembly member Braunstein wanted to make absolutely certain that housing cooperatives wouldn’t be swept into the proposed law.
Last spring, Senator Jackson and Assembly member Dinowitz introduced legislation to protect renters from legal fees. On December 22nd, Governor Hochul signed this bill, making it Chapter 789 of the Laws of 2021.įURTHER CLARIFICATION OF RIGHTS OF HOUSING COOPERATIVES After multiple negotiations and amendments, their legislation was passed in June, clarifying that certain rules governing rentals do not apply in housing cooperatives when no landlord-tenant relationship exists. Queens lawmakers John Liu and Edward Braunstein introduces the needed legislation. New York State’s Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) inadvertently included housing cooperative in the stringent provisions of Part M on ‘all leases’, because cooperatives have ‘proprietary leases.’ Among other problems, Part M restricted the amounts of fees and escrows, which hampers the admissions process.įrom the moment that HSTPA was passed, CNYC and fellow advocates for cooperatives have sought clarifying legislation to exempt housing cooperatives from Part M. RESTORING FLEXIBILITY TO HOUSING COOPERATIVES
GOVERNOR HOCHUL SIGNS LIU/BRAUNSTEIN HSTPA LEGISLATION Governor Hochul has helped to brighten our holidays by signing into law this week, two bills important to New York housing cooperatives. CNYC extends holiday wishes to all its members, subscribers and friends.
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