File #: Res 1963-2009    Version: * Name: NYCHA to adopt a policy of expediting repairs and capital improvements to vacant units in order to reoccupy them as quickly as possible.
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 5/6/2009
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution calling upon the New York City Housing Authority to adopt a policy of expediting repairs and capital improvements to vacant units in order to reoccupy them as quickly as possible.
Sponsors: Peter F. Vallone, Jr., Charles Barron, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Lewis A. Fidler, James F. Gennaro, Letitia James, John C. Liu, Darlene Mealy, Kenneth C. Mitchell, Michael C. Nelson, James Sanders, Jr., Helen Sears, Kendall Stewart, James Vacca, Thomas White, Jr., James S. Oddo
Council Member Sponsors: 16
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2009*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/6/2009*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/6/2009*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Res. No. 1963

 

Resolution calling upon the New York City Housing Authority to adopt a policy of expediting repairs and capital improvements to vacant units in order to reoccupy them as quickly as possible.

 

By Council Members Vallone Jr., Barron, Comrie, Fidler, Gennaro, James, Liu, Mealy, Mitchell, Nelson, Sanders Jr., Sears, Stewart, Vacca, White Jr. and Oddo

 

 

Whereas, The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) currently oversees 179,000 apartments citywide and is charged with the crucial duty of providing affordable housing for New York City residents of low and moderate means; and

Whereas, Currently, there is an acute shortage of such housing, as evidenced by NYCHA’s waiting list of over 131,000 families, as of November 30, 2008; and

Whereas, According to a New York Daily News article dated June 6, 2008, NYCHA’s occupancy records show at least 6,500 vacant apartments that may be awaiting repairs or capital improvements; and

Whereas, A 2006 audit conducted by New York City Comptroller William Thompson, Jr. that studied six NYCHA developments, revealed that the units taken off the rent rolls at these developments were vacant for an average of 40 months, with 27 percent off the rent rolls for more than 60 months, for reasons including the lack of planning regarding the work to be done, when the work would commence, long delays at developments where construction was started and faulty contractor choices; and

Whereas, Families that have been placed on the waiting list must often wait years for an apartment to become available through NYCHA; and

Whereas, The delay in making repairs and capital improvements has caused thousands of valuable units to remain unavailable to such families of need; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York calls upon the New York City Housing Authority to adopt a policy of expediting repairs and capital improvements to vacant units in order to reoccupy them as quickly as possible.

 

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