Int. No. 646

By Council Members Avilés, Louis, Cabán, Velázquez, Restler, Won, Hanif, Ossé, Ayala, Nurse, De La Rosa, Farías, Hudson, Krishnan, Gutiérrez and Narcisse

A Local Law in relation to a report on the permanent affordability commitment together program

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Not later than one year after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the mayor, or an agency designated by the mayor, shall make publicly available online and submit to the council a report relating to outcomes of the New York city housing authority’s implementation of the federal rental assistance demonstration program, as authorized by public law 112-55, or successor program. In developing this report, the mayor, or such designated agency, shall seek cooperation and assistance from the New York city housing authority. Such report shall not include the personally identifiable information of any public housing resident. Such report shall include, at a minimum, the following information for each public housing development, or bundle of public housing developments including the name of each development in such bundle, selected for conversion through such program:

1. The date such development or bundle of developments was selected for conversion under such program;

2. The date such development or bundle of developments was converted under such program;

3. The name of the development partner selected to serve as the property manager for such development or bundle of developments;

4. A description of how the New York city housing authority conducted outreach and resident engagement prior to and throughout the conversion process;

5. A description of how the New York city housing authority conducts oversight over the development partner or property manager described in paragraph 3;

6. A description of the rights retained by residents of such development or bundle of developments and a description of how those rights differ from those held by such tenants prior to conversion;

7. A description of major repairs and upgrades made in such development or bundle of developments following conversion including the cost of each such repair and upgrade;

8. Annually for each of the three calendar years prior to conversion, the number of eviction proceedings initiated against tenants of such development and the number of evictions executed prior to conversion;

9. The number of eviction proceedings initiated against tenants of such development and the number of evictions executed following conversion; and

10. The amount of private financing received by such development following conversion, including all financing available under section 8 of the housing act of 1937.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and expires and is deemed repealed upon the issuance of the report required by this local law.

AS

LS #7402

9/7/2022