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NY Pub Hsg L § 152 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 152 - Labor Requirements.

§  152.  Labor requirements.   All contracts of an authority involving   the employment, among others, of laborers, workmen or mechanics shall be   in conformity with the provisions of article eight of the labor law, and   such provisions shall be deemed terms of all such contracts; and for the   purpose of obtaining the prevailing rate  of  wages  or  fees  for  such   contracts,  the  authority  shall  proceed  in  the  same  manner as the   municipality  in  which  the  authority  operates.  All  such  contracts   involving  the  employment,  among  others,  of architects, draftsmen or   technicians, whether or not working on the site of  the  project,  shall   contain  a  provision requiring that the wages or fees prevailing in the   municipality  shall  be  paid  to   such   architects,   draftsmen   and   technicians;  and  for  the  purpose of obtaining the prevailing rate of   wages or fees, the authority shall proceed in the  same  manner  as  the   municipality  proceeds in obtaining the prevailing rate of wages or fees   for laborers, workmen and mechanics; and the industrial commissioner  of   the  state  or  the  municipal  comptroller,  as  the case may be, shall   determine such prevailing rates of wages or fees upon application of  an   authority  in  the same manner as provided by article eight of the labor   law for laborers, workmen and mechanics. Employees  of  all  contractors   and  subcontractors  employed under or by virtue of such contracts shall   have  the  right  to  organize  and  to  bargain  collectively   through   representatives of their own choosing.
NY Pub Hsg L § 154 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 154 - Control of Rentals on Authority Projects.

§ 154. Control of rentals on authority projects.  Subject to the terms   of  any  loan  or  subsidy  contract with a government, the power to fix   rents on a project  shall  rest  exclusively  with  the  authority.  But   nothing  in this chapter shall prevent an authority or municipality from   establishing, in  addition  to  all  other  operation  and  depreciation   reserve  funds,  a reserve fund, or funds which may be applied in aid of   the construction, operation or maintenance of  other  projects  of  such   authority or municipality.
NY Pub Hsg L § 155 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 155 - Compliance With State and Local Laws.

§  155.  Compliance  with state and local laws.  All projects shall be   subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws,  ordinances   and  regulations  applicable in the municipality in which the project is   situated. Zoning  regulations  or  other  restrictions  enacted  by  the   municipality  to  adequately  protect the area or areas of a project, as   such area or areas are shown on an approved zoning map of  such  project   filed  with  the  municipal  officer  charged with enforcing such zoning   regulations  or  other  restrictions,  shall  thereafter  be  maintained   without variance unless written notice of any proposed change, amendment   or  variance  be  given  by  the  municipality  to the housing authority   erecting  or  owning  such  project  and  to  the  government  providing   financial  aid  or  assistance to the project at least ten days prior to   the date of any public hearing at which such proposed change,  amendment   or variance is to be considered.
NY Pub Hsg L § 156-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 156-A - Notice of Rejection of Applicants for Admission.

§  156-a.  Notice  of  rejection of applicants for admission.   In the   event that the authority determines that an applicant is ineligible  for   public  housing  it shall cause a written record stating the reasons for   ineligibility to be filed in its office.  The applicant shall be  mailed   a  letter  from  the  housing  authority  stating  that the applicant is   ineligible and that the applicant may  be  apprised  of  the  reason  or   reasons  for such ineligibility at a personal interview at the office of   the housing authority.
NY Pub Hsg L § 156-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 156-B - Notice of Expiration of Application.

§   156-b.   Notice  of  expiration  of  application.    Whenever  the   regulations of an authority  provide  that  an  application  for  public   housing  expires after a period of time, the applicant shall be notified   in  writing  by  the  authority  of  the  date  of  expiration  of  such   application.
NY Pub Hsg L § 156-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 156-C - Statement Required for Termination of Lease.

§ 156-c. Statement required for termination of lease.  Notwithstanding   any other provision of law, an authority must incorporate into a written   notice  of termination of a lease the specific grounds upon which it has   made its determination for termination.
NY Pub Hsg L § 157 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 157 - Claims and Actions Against Authorities.

§  157. Claims and actions against authorities.  1. In every action or   special proceeding, for any cause whatsoever, prosecuted  or  maintained   against  an  authority, other than a claim arising out of a condemnation   proceeding, the complaint or necessary moving papers  shall  contain  an   allegation  that  at  least  thirty  days have elapsed since the demand,   claim or claims upon which such action or special proceeding is  founded   were presented to the authority for adjustment and that it has neglected   or  refused  to  make  an  adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days   after such presentment.2. An action against an authority for damages for injuries to real  or   personal  property,  or  for the destruction thereof, or for damages for   personal injuries, alleged to have  been  sustained  by  reason  of  the   negligence  of,  or by the creation or maintenance of a nuisance by said   authority, or any member, officer, agent or employee thereof,  shall  be   commenced  within  one  year  and  ninety days after the cause of action   therefor shall have accrued, provided that a notice of the intention  to   commence  such action shall have been served upon the authority. All the   provisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law  shall  apply   to  such  notice. The authority may require any claimant hereunder to be   examined as provided in section fifty-h of the  general  municipal  law,   and all the provisions of such section shall apply to such examinations.3.  The  authority may require any person presenting for settlement an   account or claim for any cause  against  the  authority,  except  as  to   examination  on  claims as set forth in subdivision two of this section,   to be sworn before a member, the secretary, counsel or  an  attorney  of   the  authority,  touching  such  account or claim, and when so sworn, to   answer orally as to any facts relative to the adjustment of such account   or claim. The authority may settle or adjust  all  claims  in  favor  or   against  the  authority,  and  all  accounts  in  which the authority is   concerned as debtor or creditor; but  in  adjusting  and  settling  such   claims, it shall, as far as practicable, be governed by the rules of law   and principles of equity which prevail in courts of justice.4.  This  section shall not apply to claims, actions or proceedings by   obligees on bonds or covenants of an authority, or claims arising out of   condemnation proceedings except as provided in subdivision five herein.5. The rate of interest to be paid by an authority upon  any  judgment   or  accrued claim against the authority shall not exceed nine per centum   per annum.
NY Pub Hsg L § 158 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 158 - Real Property of Authorities Exempt From Levy.

§  158.  Real  property  of  authorities  exempt from levy.   All real   property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of   an execution, and no execution or other  judicial  process  shall  issue   against  the  same,  nor  shall  any  judgment against an authority be a   charge or lien upon its  real  property;  provided,  however,  that  the   provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to or limit the right of   obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an  authority   or  the  right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of   any covenant of an authority or of  any  pledge  or  lien  given  by  an   authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
NY Pub Hsg L § 159 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 8 - Provisions Relating to Approval, Construction, Management and Operation of Projects 159 - Disclosure of Certain Information Prohibited.

§  159.    Disclosure  of certain information prohibited.  Information   acquired by an authority, the division of housing and community  renewal   or  a  municipality or by an officer or employee thereof from applicants   for dwellings in projects of  an  authority  or  municipality  or  other   housing  programs  administered  by a housing authority, municipality or   the division of housing  and  community  renewal,  or  from  tenants  of   dwellings thereof or from members of the family of any such applicant or   tenant  or  from  employers  of  such  persons or from any third person,   whether voluntarily or by compulsory examination  as  provided  in  this   chapter,  shall  be  for  the  exclusive  use  and  information  of  the   authority, division of housing and community renewal or municipality  in   the  discharge of its duties under this chapter and shall not be open to   the public nor be used in any court in any action or proceeding  pending   therein unless the authority, division of housing and community renewal,   municipality  or successor in interest thereof is a party or complaining   witness to such action or proceeding.   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,   the  authority  or  municipality  shall  furnish  to the commissioner of   housing and community renewal full and complete reports relating to  any   such  applicant  or  tenant  whenever  the  commissioner  of housing and   community renewal shall request such  reports.    Also,  nothing  herein   contained  shall  operate  to  prevent an authority or municipality from   making full and complete reports to  the  commissioner  of  housing  and   community  renewal or to the municipality in which an authority operates   or to the federal government or  any  agency  thereof  relating  to  the   administration of this chapter or of any project or relating to any such   applicant or tenant, nor to prohibit an authority or municipality or any   government  or  agency  receiving  such  information  of an authority or   municipality, from publishing statistics or  other  general  information   drawn from information received from such applicants or tenants.
NY Pub Hsg L § 210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10 - Loans to Owners of Existing Multiple Dwellings 210 - Policy and Purposes of Article.

§  210.  Policy  and purposes of article.   It is hereby declared that   there exists in municipalities in  this  state  a  seriously  inadequate   supply  of  safe  and  sanitary  dwelling accommodations for persons and   families of low income; that such shortage constitutes an emergency  and   a  grave  menace  to  the health, safety, morals, welfare and comfort of   citizens of this state; that there exists in such municipalities a large   number of multiple dwellings which are inadequate, unsafe or  insanitary   by  reason  of  the absence of proper heating facilities or by reason of   the necessity for elimination of conditions dangerous to human  life  or   detrimental  to health, including nuisances as defined, in section three   hundred nine of the multiple dwelling law, or for  other  rehabilitation   or improvement and which can be made adequate, safe and sanitary, by the   installation  of proper heating facilities or by other rehabilitation or   improvement  or  by  the  elimination  of  such  conditions;  that  such   installation,  rehabilitation  or improvement cannot readily be provided   by the ordinary unaided operation of private enterprise for occupancy by   persons or families of low income without public aid in the form of  low   interest  loans  to owners of such multiple dwellings for the purpose of   such installation, rehabilitation or improvement; that the  installation   of  proper  heating  facilities  in  such  multiple  dwellings  or other   rehabilitation or improvement thereof for occupancy by  persons  of  low   income  as  defined in this article is a public use and a public purpose   for which public money may be loaned; that such conditions  require  the   provisions hereinafter enacted; and the necessity in the public interest   for the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of   legislative determination.
NY Pub Hsg L § 212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10 - Loans to Owners of Existing Multiple Dwellings 212 - Loans to Owners.

§  212.  Loans  to  owners.  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any   general, special or local law, a municipality, by its local  legislative   body,  may  make  or  contract  to  make loans to the owners of existing   multiple dwellings within its territorial limits, in such amounts as may   be required for  the  installation  of  proper  heating  facilities,  or   elimination  of  conditions  dangerous  to  human life or detrimental to   health, including nuisances as defined, in section three hundred nine of   the multiple dwelling law, or other  rehabilitation  or  improvement  of   such  multiple  dwellings,  and  may make temporary loans or advances to   such owners in anticipation of the permanent municipal  loans  for  such   purposes.2. Each permanent loan shall be secured by a bond and mortgage or note   and  mortgage  upon  the multiple dwelling and the land upon which it is   situated. The amount of any such loan, together with the amount  of  all   prior  loans and encumbrances, shall not exceed ninety per centum of the   value of the property, after completion of the  installation  of  proper   heating   facilities,   or  elimination  of  such  conditions  or  other   rehabilitation or improvement, as estimated by  the  agency.  Each  such   bond  and mortgage or note and mortgage shall be repaid over or within a   period of twenty years in such manner as may be provided  in  such  bond   and  mortgage or note and mortgage and contract but in no case to exceed   the probable life of the multiple dwelling which is hereby determined to   be twenty years. Such bond and mortgage or note  and  mortgage  and  the   contract  in  connection  with  such  permanent  and temporary loans may   contain such other  terms  and  provisions  not  inconsistent  with  the   provisions  of  this  article  as  the  local  legislative body may deem   necessary or desirable to secure repayment of  the  loan,  the  interest   thereon  and  other charges in connection therewith and to carry out the   purposes and provisions of this article.3. The bond or note issued by the owner of such multiple dwelling  and   the mortgage relating thereto may authorize such owner, with the consent   of the agency, to prepay the principal of the loan subject to such terms   and  conditions  as therein provided. Such bond or note and mortgage may   contain such other clauses and provisions as the agency shall require.4.  The  agency  may  charge  the  owner  of  such  multiple  dwelling   reasonable  fees  for financing, regulation, supervision and audit. Such   fees shall be kept by the municipality in a separate fund to be known as   the housing rehabilitation fund  and  shall  be  used  to  pay  for  the   expenses  of  the  municipality  in  administering  and carrying out the   provisions of this article.
NY Pub Hsg L § 214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10 - Loans to Owners of Existing Multiple Dwellings 214 - Conditions Precedent to Making Such Loans.

§  214.  Conditions  precedent  to making such loans.  1. No such loan shall be made by a municipality to an  owner  of  an  existing  multiple dwelling  unless  the  owner  of  such multiple dwelling and all persons holding a lien prior to that  of  the  municipality  shall  covenant  in writing  that  so long as any part of such loan remains unpaid and for a period of at least ten years from the occupancy date:  (a) Each dwelling unit in such multiple dwelling shall be available solely for persons  or families of low income;  (b)  Preference shall be given to persons who shall have lived in such multiple dwelling at the time the contract for the loan was entered into and were required to move because of such  installation,  rehabilitation or improvement;  (c)  No  charge  or rental for housing accommodations in such multiple dwelling shall be made or charged in excess of the rentals prescribed by the agency at the time such loan is made  or  as  such  rentals  may  be revised from time to time by the agency;  (d)  The agency may order such repairs as will preserve the health and safety of the occupants of such multiple dwelling;  (e) All persons operating or  managing  such  multiple  dwelling  will comply with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted  by  the agency pertaining to multiple dwellings aided hereunder and will refrain from doing any acts in violation thereof;  (f) All  such  persons  will  permit  the  duly  authorized  officers, employees,  agents  or  inspectors of the agency to enter in or upon and inspect such multiple dwelling at all reasonable hours;  (g) The agency shall have full power to investigate into and order the owner of said multiple dwelling to furnish such reports and  information as  the  agency  may require concerning the planning and construction of the installation, rehabilitation or improvement and the  management  and operation  of  said  multiple  dwelling. The agency shall also have full power to audit the books of such owner with respect to such matters;  (h) The foregoing covenants shall run with the land.   2. The local legislative body of the municipality shall have power  to impose additional terms and conditions precedent to making such loans.
NY Pub Hsg L § 215 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10 - Loans to Owners of Existing Multiple Dwellings 215 - Rules and Regulations.

§  215. Rules and regulations.  An agency may promulgate supplementary   rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this  article,  not   inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
NY Pub Hsg L § 219-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-A - Policy of State and Purpose of Article.

§  219-a.  Policy  of  state  and  purpose  of article.   It is hereby   declared that there exists within the  state,  and  particularly  within   certain  cities  thereof,  an acute shortage of housing; that low income   inhabitants of the state, and  particularly  demobilized  servicemen  of   world  war  II and their families, as well as the families of servicemen   still serving within the military and naval forces of the United States,   are unable to obtain adequate, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations   within their financial reach; that this condition is  a  menace  to  the   health,  safety,  morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens   of the state; that this condition has reached  the  stage  of  an  acute   emergency  which  cannot be adequately and immediately alleviated by the   normal  processes  of  construction  of  permanent   housing   and   the   construction  of  permanent  public  housing projects in connection with   slum clearance, and  that  immediate  mitigation  is  required  by  such   emergency  means  as  are  available;  that this condition requires that   provision be made for public emergency housing as hereinafter  provided;   that  this  condition  requires  that  certain cities and authorities be   authorized to cooperate and enter into agreements with a government  and   with  each  other  to  the end that emergency housing may be obtained as   expeditiously as possible; that this condition  requires  the  temporary   suspension of various normal restrictions, prohibitions, limitations and   procedures  to  the  end that emergency housing may be supplied with the   least possible delay; that the  acquisition,  construction,  management,   operation,  and  disposition  of such emergency housing and the real and   personal  property  and  other  facilities  necessary,   incidental   or   appurtenant thereto is a public use for which public money may be spent,   private  property  acquired,  and  tax  exemption  granted; and that the   necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter  enacted   is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
NY Pub Hsg L § 219-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBG - Public Housing Article 10-B - War Demobilization Emergency Housing 219-B - Definitions.

§  219-b.  Definitions.    Notwithstanding the provisions of any other   article of this chapter the following terms, whenever used  or  referred   to  in  this  article,  shall  have  the  following  meanings,  unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. The term "emergency project" means a specific work or  improvement,   including  lands,  buildings  and  improvements,  acquired, constructed,   altered,  renovated,   or   reused   to   provide   emergency   dwelling   accommodations  for  eligible  tenants,  as  hereafter  defined  in this   section, together with such  social,  recreational,  communal  or  other   non-housing  facilities  as  may  be  deemed by the authority or city or   government undertaking such project  to  be  incidental  or  appurtenant   thereto.  Emergency  projects  as  defined  herein  shall  be  deemed to   constitute low rent housing within the meaning of  article  eighteen  of   the  constitution and shall be deemed to be in conformity with a plan or   undertaking  for  the  clearance,  replanning  and   reconstruction   or   rehabilitation of a substandard and insanitary area and for recreational   and other facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto.2.  The  term  "eligible  tenant"  means:  (a)  distressed families of   servicemen; (b) distressed veterans and their families;  (c)  distressed   single  servicemen  and  veterans;  and  (d) other distressed persons or   families of low income. The term "servicemen" shall include  any  person   who is serving, and the term "veterans" shall include any person who has   served during world war II, under conditions other than dishonorable, in   the  military  or  naval  forces  or  the  merchant marine of the United   States. Persons and families who are without adequate housing because of   eviction or inadequate income or for other reasons, or are  affected  by   unusual  hardships, and are unable to find adequate housing within their   financial reach shall be deemed to be distressed.   Eligible tenants  as   defined  herein  shall  be deemed to be persons of low income within the   meaning of article eighteen of the constitution. Subject to the terms of   any contract with a government, an authority shall  have  the  power  to   select eligible tenants for emergency projects.