A 404: Requires a municipal housing authority in a city having a population of one million inhabitants or more to review the bylaws of resident councils to ensure compliance with federal and state law.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 404 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the review of the bylaws of certain resident councils to ensure compliance with federal and state law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 2 62 to read as follows: 3 § 62. Resident councils; compliance. 1. For the purposes of this 4 section, the term "resident council" shall include any tenant associ- 5 ations, resident associations, or tenant councils. 6 2. In a city having a population of one million inhabitants or more, a 7 municipal housing authority shall review the bylaws of all resident 8 councils to verify that the bylaws of such councils are compliant with 9 federal and state law. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00285-01-5