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NY Pub Hsg L § 219-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-C - Additional Powers of Certain Authorities.

§  219-c.  Additional  powers  of  certain authorities.   An authority   operating in a city having more than one million inhabitants shall  have   the  following  powers  in  addition to the other powers granted by this   chapter:1.  Prepare  or  arrange  for  preparation  of  plans  for,   acquire,   construct,  lease,  carry  out, manage, operate and dispose of emergency   projects, and with regard to emergency projects shall have and exercise,   except as in this article otherwise expressly provided, all the  powers,   rights  and  privileges  granted  to  an authority under this chapter in   reference to any project of an authority,  but  without  regard  to  the   limitations  prescribed by sections ninety-seven, one hundred fifty, one   hundred fifty-one, one hundred fifty-five, and one hundred fifty-six  of   this chapter.2.  Act  as agent for, or enter into contracts and otherwise cooperate   with a government in connection with emergency projects.3. Issue  bonds  and  notes  for  the  purposes  of  this  article  in   accordance  with the powers granted under article three of this chapter,   except that such bonds may be  issued  for  periods  not  exceeding  the   probable  life of the emergency project for which they are issued, which   probable life is hereby determined to be ten years. The  powers  granted   by  this  section shall include the power of such authority to issue its   bonds or notes to finance  all  or  any  part  of  the  development  and   operation  of emergency projects which a city has undertaken by contract   with a government, and as to which the authority will act  as  agent  or   lessee  for  the city, notwithstanding that the city agrees to reimburse   the authority for all or any part of the development  and  operation  of   the emergency project.4.  Issue  refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds   previously issued by it for emergency projects  but  no  such  refunding   bonds shall have a maturity date later than the end of the probable life   of the emergency project for which they are issued.
NY Pub Hsg L § 219-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-E - Suspension of Building Restrictions.

*  § 219-e. Suspension of building restrictions.  1. The provisions of   the multiple dwelling law and of any other law, charter,  administrative   code,  building law, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation pertaining   to  the  construction,  maintenance,  use  and  occupation  of   housing   accommodations  and  incidental facilities, as well as the provisions of   any general, special or local law, rule or regulation pertaining to  the   planning and zoning of buildings, shall not apply to the construction by   a  government  or  authority  of  an  emergency  project,  and  shall be   suspended with respect to the maintenance, use and  occupation  thereof,   and  the  equipment  and  fixtures  contained  therein,  as long as such   project is operated by a government or  authority  for  the  purpose  of   providing  emergency  housing, or by an educational institution to which   the rights and interest  of  the  United  States  have  been,  or  shall   hereafter be, relinquished and transferred pursuant to the provisions of   chapter six hundred eighty-eight, public law seven hundred ninety-six of   the  eightieth  Congress  (section fifteen hundred seventy-five of title   forty-two, U. S. code) or any amendment  thereto,  for  the  purpose  of   providing emergency housing. Any provision of general, special, or local   law or any rule or regulation requiring the issuance of a certificate of   occupancy  or  other  form  of  license or permit, as a condition to the   occupancy of any building, shall likewise be suspended  with  regard  to   emergency projects.2.  The  provisions  of this section shall remain in effect during the   period of the housing  emergency  and  the  acute  shortage  of  housing   accommodations  but  in  no  event  beyond  July first, nineteen hundred   fifty-four.* NB Expired July 1, 1954 by its own terms
NY Pub Hsg L § 219-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-F - Disposition of Emergency Projects.

§  219-f.  Disposition  of emergency projects.  Each emergency project   shall be removed and disposed of as soon as practicable after  the  city   in  which  the project is located determines that the emergency declared   in this article has ended, but in no event beyond July  first,  nineteen   hundred  fifty-four, and provided that an authority or city may contract   with the federal government or with an agency or instrumentality thereof   for such termination date for occupancy, removal and disposition  of  an   emergency project, and upon such terms, as the federal government or its   agency or instrumentality may require.
NY Pub Hsg L § 219-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-G - Limitations.

§  219-g.  Limitations.    An  authority or city shall not initiate an   emergency project after July first, nineteen hundred fifty nor unless it   shall find (which finding shall be conclusive in  any  suit,  action  or   proceeding)  that  within  its  territorial  jurisdiction,  there  is  a   shortage of adequate, safe and sanitary dwellings for  eligible  tenants   which impedes the orderly demobilization of the war effort and that such   dwellings  would  not  otherwise  be  provided  when needed for eligible   tenants.
NY Pub Hsg L § 219-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-H - Tax Exemptions.

§  219-h. Tax exemptions.  The provisions of subdivisions one, two and   three of section fifty-two of this chapter shall apply with equal  force   and effect to emergency projects so long as such projects are controlled   by  an  authority or a city, provided, however, that any bonds, notes or   other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by an authority or   a city shall at all times be exempt from all taxation by  the  state  or   any subdivision thereof.
NY Pub Hsg L § 219-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-I - Miscellaneous.

§   219-i.  Miscellaneous.     1.  All  actions  taken,  contracts  or   commitments made, appropriations made, indebtedness incurred, all  bonds   or   other  obligations  heretofore  issued,  including  any  guarantees   thereof, and the proceedings authorizing the issuance thereof,  and  all   things  done  by  or between an authority, city, or government, prior to   the enactment of this article and subsequent to January first,  nineteen   hundred  forty-six,  and  for the purposes provided in this article, are   hereby ratified, confirmed and approved and are hereby validated in  all   respects.2.  To the extent that the provisions of this article are inconsistent   with the provisions of any other article of this  chapter  or  with  the   provisions  of  any  general,  special  or  local  law  or  charter, the   provisions of this article shall be controlling.3. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this article   shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be  invalid,   such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair  or invalidate the remainder   thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,   paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the  controversy   in which such judgment shall have been rendered.4.  Before a city or an authority enters, without public advertisement   for sealed bids, into a contract which but for the  provisions  of  this   article would be required by general, special or local law to be made on   sealed  bids  invited  by  public  advertisement, such city or authority   shall obtain the approval of the mayor or  deputy  mayor  of  the  city.   Within  twenty days after the execution of such contract, it shall cause   to be published in the official publication of the city  a  notice  that   such contract has been let and the name of the contractor.
NY Pub Hsg L § 220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 220 - Construction.

§  220.  Construction.    This chapter shall be construed liberally to   effectuate the purposes hereof, and the enumeration of  specific  powers   in this chapter shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general   grant  of  power  contained  in  this chapter or to exclude other powers   comprehended  in  such  general  grant.  In  construing   this   chapter   consideration shall be given to its purpose and intent, among others, to   empower  an  authority  to do any and all things necessary to secure the   financial aid of the United States Housing Authority and  the  state  of   New York, or any department, agency or instrumentality of the federal or   state   government,   in   the   undertaking,   planning,  construction,   maintenance and operation of any project.
NY Pub Hsg L § 221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 221 - Separability Clause.

§  221.  Separability  clause.    If  any clause, sentence, paragraph,   section or part of this chapter  shall  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of   competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,   impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its   operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section  or  part  thereof   directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have   been rendered.
NY Pub Hsg L § 222 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 222 - Application of Other Laws.

§ 222. Application of other laws.  For the purposes of the application   of  the  lien  law,  the  general corporation law, and except as in this   chapter otherwise provided, for the purposes of the application  of  any   general,  special  or  local  law  imposing a tax, an authority shall be   deemed a municipal corporation.  The term "public corporation"  used  in   the  lien  law shall be deemed to include an authority. The term "public   improvement" used in  the  lien  law  shall  be  deemed  to  include  an   improvement  upon  real  property belonging to an authority and the term   "public contract" in such law shall be deemed to include contracts  made   by the authority; the secretary of the authority shall, for the purposes   of  the  lien law be deemed to be the financial officer of the authority   and the officer of the department,  bureau,  subdivision  or  commission   having  charge  of  the construction of an improvement and being charged   with the custody and disbursement of the funds applicable to the  public   contract  or  public  improvement  under,  upon  or  for  which goods or   materials are furnished or work was done.
NY Pub Hsg L § 223 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 223 - Prohibition Against Discrimination.

§  223.  Prohibition against discrimination.   For all the purposes of   this chapter, no person shall, because of race, creed, color or national   origin, be subjected to any discrimination.
NY Pub Hsg L § 223-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 223-A - Discrimination Against Persons Who Have Certain Household Pets.

§  223-a.  Discrimination  against  persons who have certain household   pets.  No person who has been adjudged to be legally blind or who  is  a   severely  physically handicapped person or who is a mute shall be denied   occupancy in a dwelling in any project or be subjected to eviction  from   any  such dwelling on the sole ground that such person owns a dog or cat   which will or does reside with such person therein,  provided,  however,   that  if  after occupancy a health hazard results on account of such dog   or cat, the public health officer  having  jurisdiction  may  take  such   corrective measures as are appropriate.
NY Pub Hsg L § 223-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 223-B - Discrimination Against a Person Who Is Deaf or Hard of Hearing Who Has a Hearing Dog.

§  223-b.  Discrimination  against  a  person  who  is deaf or hard of   hearing who has a hearing dog. No person who is deaf or hard of  hearing   shall  be  denied occupancy in a dwelling in any project or be subjected   to eviction from any such dwelling on the sole ground that  such  person   owns  a  hearing  dog  as  defined in section forty-seven-b of the civil   rights law, provided, however, that if after occupancy a  health  hazard   results  on  account  of  such  dog,  the  public  health officer having   jurisdiction may take such corrective measures as may be appropriate.
NY Pub Hsg L § 224 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 224 - Pending Actions or Proceedings.

§  224.  Pending  actions  or  proceedings.   This chapter or anything   therein contained shall not affect or abate  any  actions,  proceedings,   civil  or  criminal,  pending  at  the time when this chapter shall take   effect, brought by, for  or  against  the  state,  the  state  board  of   housing,   any   municipality,  authority  or  limited-dividend  housing   corporation, under or  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  the  laws   repealed  by  this  chapter;  but all such actions or proceedings may be   continued, prosecuted,  conducted  and  completed  notwithstanding  that   functions, powers and duties of any agency, officer or party thereto may   by  this chapter be assigned or transferred to another agency or officer   and as if such  laws  were  not  repealed  but  continued  to  be  fully   effective.
NY Pub Hsg L § 225 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 225 - Saving Clause.

§  225. Saving clause.  The repeal of the laws as specified in section   two hundred twenty-seven and any other provisions of this chapter, shall   not affect or impair any contract or remedy, or  any  act  done  or  any   right   accruing,  accrued  or  acquired,  taxes,  tax  obligations,  or   exemptions from  taxation,  the  validity  of  or  rights  as  to  taxes   collected  or  proceeds  thereof  or the validity as to any acts done or   rights or exemptions accruing, accrued or acquired under any  tax  laws,   general,  local  or  special,  or  any penalty, forfeiture or punishment   under or by virtue of the laws so repealed and in existence prior to the   time when this chapter or any section thereof takes effect, but the same   may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted and for such purposes   all of the laws specified in section two hundred twenty-seven are hereby   continued in full force and effect.
NY Pub Hsg L § 226 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 226 - Transfer of Records.

§  226. Transfer of records.  The division of housing in the executive   department is hereby continued.  Notwithstanding the provisions  of  the   state  housing  law,  the  term  of  office  of all members of the state   housing board in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter and of   officers and employees  of  such  board  shall  expire  on  July  first,   nineteen  hundred  thirty-nine.  All of the files, papers, documents and   property of the state housing board in existence prior to the  enactment   of this chapter shall be transferred to the commissioner.
NY Pub Hsg L § 227 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 227 - Laws Repealed.

§  227.  Laws repealed.  Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto   annexed, that portion specified in the last column is  hereby  repealed,   except  as provided in sections one hundred ninety-three and two hundred   twenty-five.    Laws of                    Chapter                Sections   1926 ....................... 823 .................. All   1927 .......................  35 .................. All   1928 ....................... 722 .................. All   1930 ....................... 872 .................. All   1931 ....................... 557 .................. All   1931 ....................... 558 .................. All   1932 ....................... 507 .................. All   1933 ....................... 802 .................. All   1934 .......................   4 .................. All   1934 ....................... 540 .................. All   1935 ....................... 310 .................. All   1937 ....................... 207 .................. All   1937 ....................... 738 .................. All   1938 ....................... 218 .................. All   1938 ....................... 270 .................. All   1938 ....................... 395 .................. All   1938 ....................... 461 .................. All   1938 ....................... 489 .................. All
NY Pub Hsg L § 228 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 11 - Miscellaneous 228 - When to Take Effect.

§  228.  When  to take effect.  This act shall take effect July first,   nineteen hundred thirty-nine.
NY Pub Hsg L § 301 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 12 - Public Housing Drug Elimination Pilot Program 301 - Short Title.

§  301.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the   "public housing drug elimination act".
NY Pub Hsg L § 302 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 12 - Public Housing Drug Elimination Pilot Program 302 - Legislative Findings.

§ 302. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that:  (1)  the  state  has  a duty to provide public housing that is decent, safe, and free from illegal drugs;  (2)  public  housing  projects  in  many  areas  suffer  from  rampant drug-related crime;  (3) drug dealers are increasingly imposing a reign of terror on public housing tenants;  (4)  the  increase  in  drug-related  crime not only leads to murders, muggings, and other forms of violence against tenants,  but  also  to  a deterioration  of  the  physical  environment  that requires substantial government expenditures; and  (5) local law enforcement authorities often lack the resources to deal with the drug problem in public housing particularly  in  light  of  the recent reductions in federal aid to cities.
NY Pub Hsg L § 303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 12 - Public Housing Drug Elimination Pilot Program 303 - Authority to Make Grants.

§  303. Authority to make grants. The commissioner, in accordance with   the provisions of this  article,  may  make  grants  to  public  housing   authorities  or  agencies  for  use in eliminating drug-related crime in   public housing projects.
NY Pub Hsg L § 304 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 12 - Public Housing Drug Elimination Pilot Program 304 - Eligible Activities.

§  304.  Eligible activities. A public housing authority or agency may use a grant under this article for:  (1) the employment of security personnel in public housing projects;  (2) reimbursement of local law  enforcement  agencies  for  additional security and protective services for public housing projects;  (3)  physical  improvements  in  public  housing  projects  which  are specifically designed to enhance security;  (4) the employment of one or more individuals:  (a) to investigate drug-related crime on or about  the  real  property comprising any public housing project; and  (b)   to   provide   evidence  relating  to  any  such  crime  in  any administrative or judicial proceeding;  (5) the provision of training,  communications  equipment,  and  other related  equipment  for  use  by voluntary public housing tenant patrols acting in cooperation with local law enforcement officials;  (6) innovative programs designed to reduce use of drugs in and  around public housing projects; and  (7)  providing funding to nonprofit public housing resident management corporations and tenant councils to  develop  security  and  drug  abuse prevention programs involving site residents.
NY Pub Hsg L § 305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 12 - Public Housing Drug Elimination Pilot Program 305 - Applications.

§  305.  Applications.  (1)  To  receive a grant under this article, a public housing authority or agency shall submit an  application  to  the commissioner  at  such  time,  in  such  manner, and accompanied by such additional information as the commissioner may reasonably require.  Such application   shall  include  a  plan  for  addressing  the  problem  of drug-related  crime  on  the  premises  of   public   housing   projects administered by the public authority or agency.  (2)  The  commissioner  shall  approve applications under this article based upon:  (a) the extent of the crime problem in the facilities  of  the  public housing project;  (b)  the quality of the plan of the public housing authority or agency to address crime in public housing projects;  (c) the capability of the public housing authority or agency to  carry out the plan; and  (d)  the  extent  to  which  the  local government and local community support the anti-crime activities of the  public  housing  authority  or agency.
NY Pub Hsg L § 306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 12 - Public Housing Drug Elimination Pilot Program 306 - Definitions.

§ 306. Definitions.  For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Controlled substance" shall have the same meaning given such term in section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law.  (2)  "Drug-related  crime"  shall  mean the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or  possession  with  intent  to  manufacture,  sell, distribute, or use, a controlled substance.
NY Mun Hsg Auth L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHA - Municipal Housing Authority (Article 5 of the former State Housing Law) Article 5 - Municipal Housing Authorities 60 - Short Title

* §  60. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited and   referred to as the "municipal housing authorities law." * NB The text of Article 5 of the  former  State  Housing  Law  (cited   herein  as  the  "Municipal  Housing  Authorities Law"), as such article   existed immediately prior to its  repeal  pursuant  to  section  227  of   Chapter  808 of the Laws of 1939, is provided here for ease of reference   and historical purposes as such text continues to be applicable for  the   New  York  City  Housing Authority pursuant to the provisions of section   401 of the current Public Housing Law.