File #: Int 0901-2024    Version: Name: Providing certain homeownership information to homeowners and their heirs.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
On agenda: 5/16/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to providing certain homeownership information to homeowners and their heirs
Sponsors: Kevin C. Riley, Lincoln Restler, Justin L. Brannan, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Nantasha M. Williams, Farah N. Louis, Chi A. Ossé, Rita C. Joseph, Gale A. Brewer, Lynn C. Schulman, Amanda Farías, Tiffany Cabán, Julie Won, Mercedes Narcisse, Carlina Rivera , Erik D. Bottcher, Kamillah Hanks, Shahana K. Hanif, Diana I. Ayala, Eric Dinowitz, James F. Gennaro, Chris Banks
Council Member Sponsors: 22
Summary: This bill would require the Office of the Homeowner Advocate to consult with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to provide support and counseling to homeowners. Such support would include financial planning, mortgage counseling and scam prevention.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 901-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 901, 3. Int. No. 901, 4. May 16, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-16-24, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 16, 2024, 7. Committee Report 11/19/24, 8. Hearing Testimony 11/19/24, 9. Hearing Transcript 11/19/24, 10. Proposed Int. No. 901-A - 2/7/25, 11. Committee Report 2/13/25, 12. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 13. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 14. February 13, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
2/13/2025AKevin C. Riley City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/13/2025*Kevin C. Riley Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/13/2025*Kevin C. Riley Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/13/2025*Kevin C. Riley Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/13/2025AKevin C. Riley Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2024*Kevin C. Riley Committee on Aging Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2024*Kevin C. Riley Committee on Aging Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2024*Kevin C. Riley Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2024*Kevin C. Riley Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/16/2024*Kevin C. Riley City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/16/2024*Kevin C. Riley City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 901-A

 

By Council Members Riley, Restler, Brannan, Gutiérrez, Williams, Louis, Ossé, Joseph, Brewer, Schulman, Farías, Cabán, Won, Narcisse, Rivera, Bottcher, Hanks, Hanif, Ayala, Dinowitz, Gennaro and Banks

 

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to providing certain homeownership information to homeowners and their heirs

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision b of section 1807 on the New York city charter, as added by local law number 125 for the year 2023, is amended to read as follows:

4. [Referring] In consultation with the department of consumer and worker protection, referring homeowners and their heirs to community based organizations, legal services organizations, and other organizations that provide support or counseling to homeowners on topics such as scam prevention, mortgage counseling, municipal payment assistance, repair financing, financial planning, estate planning, and navigating and accessing private financial and technical resources;

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

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