S10517 • 2025

Requires a procedure for notification when a family member applies and is denied by a limited-profit housing company to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement

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Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires a procedure for notification when a family member applies and is denied by a limited-profit housing company to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement

Requires a procedure for notification when a family member applies and is denied by a limited-profit housing company to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement Requires a procedure for notification of a family member of a tenant or cooperator in the case that their application to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement is denied by a limited-profit housing company.

What This Bill Does

Requires a procedure for notification when a family member applies and is denied by a limited-profit housing company to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement Requires a procedure for notification of a family member of a tenant or cooperator in the case that their application to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement is denied by a limited-profit housing company.

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Bill History

2026-05-15 Senate
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Requires a procedure for notification when a family member applies and is denied by a limited-profit housing company to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement
Requires a procedure for notification of a family member of a tenant or cooperator in the case that their application to succeed a lease or occupancy agreement is denied by a limited-profit housing company.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10517

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN  ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to requir-
          ing a procedure for notification of a family member  of  a  tenant  or
          cooperator  in  the  case that their application to succeed a lease or
          occupancy agreement is denied by a limited-profit housing company

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.   Section 31 of the private housing finance law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     3    16. THE COMMISSIONER OR SUPERVISING AGENCY SHALL DEVELOP  A  PROCEDURE
     4  WHEREBY  A  FAMILY  MEMBER  OF A TENANT OR COOPERATOR IS NOTIFIED IN THE
     5  CASE THAT THEIR APPLICATION TO SUCCEED TO A LEASE OR OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT
     6  IS DENIED BY A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY SUBJECT TO THE  PROVISIONS
     7  OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SUCH PROCEDURE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE APPEALS PROC-
     8  ESS  AVAILABLE  TO  THE DENIED APPLICANT. THE NOTIFICATION THAT SHALL BE
     9  SENT TO THE APPLICANT SHALL BE IN WRITTEN FORM, INCLUDE REASONS FOR  THE
    10  DENIAL,  AND  THE  APPEALS  PROCESS. SUCH APPEAL SHALL INCLUDE A HEARING
    11  HELD BY THE COMMISSIONER OR THE SUPERVISING AGENCY WITH  THE  APPLICANT,
    12  OR  THEIR  DESIGNEE,  AND ANY INTERESTED WITNESSES TO REVIEW THE HOUSING
    13  COMPANY'S DETERMINATION AND ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY  THE
    14  APPLICANT.    ANY  LIMITED-PROFIT  HOUSING  COMPANY MAY ELECT ADDITIONAL
    15  PROCEDURES SO LONG AS SUCH PROCEDURES  ARE  NOT  INCONSISTENT  WITH  THE
    16  PROCEDURES  DEVELOPED  BY THE COMMISSIONER OR SUPERVISING AGENCY AND ANY
    17  OTHER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    19  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    20  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    21  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    22  on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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