Requires NYCHA to provide information and trainings to all residents regarding the formation of resident management corporations, the requirements of such resident management corporations and the potential benefits of creating such resident management corporations.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8313B
SPONSOR: Anderson TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to providing train-
ings and information to residents regarding resident management corpo-
rations
PURPOSE:
This bill aims to require NYCHA to provide information and trainings to
residents regarding Resident Management Corporations
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1:
Part 1 Defines "resident management corporation"
Part 2 Requires NYCHA to educate and inform residents about resident
management corporations
Section 2: This act shall take effect on the hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
such effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
The B print removes appropriation language in statute and makes techni-
cal amendments to the definition of a resident management corporation to
conform with New York State law.
JUSTIFICATION:
New York must address the critical need to rehabilitate vacant units
within the New York City Housing Authority (N.Y,C.H.A.) and ensure effi-
cient, transparent use of any funds that make it into the final enacted
budget for the authority. It is vital that we expedite the process of
bringing over 5,000 vacant units back online to help meet the growing
demand for affordable housing. This initiative will improve accountabil-
ity and foster a more community-driven approach to housing management.
Establishing Resident Management Corporations (RMCs) allows residents to
take on key roles in managing NYCHA properties. RMCs are organizations
formed by residents of public housing to manage their own property. The
housing authority still owns the property. Depending on the arrangement,
the RMC may take over some or all of the management.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the hundred twentieth day after it shall
have become law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
such an effective date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8313--B
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 13, 2025
___________
Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in accord-
ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to providing train-
ings and information to residents regarding resident management corpo-
rations
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
2 402-i to read as follows:
3 § 402-i. Resident management corporations. 1. For the purposes of this
4 section, "resident management corporation" means an entity that proposes
5 to enter into, or enters into, a contract to manage one or more manage-
6 ment activities of the New York city housing authority. Such resident
7 management corporation shall be made up of residents of the New York
8 city housing authority and shall meet the following requirements:
9 (a) shall be a non-profit organization validly incorporated under the
10 not-for-profit corporation law;
11 (b) may be established by more than one resident council if such coun-
12 cil:
13 (i) approves the establishment of the resident management corporation;
14 and
15 (ii) has representation on the board of directors of such resident
16 management corporation;
17 (c) shall have an elected board of directors with elections held at
18 least once every three years;
19 (d) shall have by-laws that:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) require the board of directors to include resident representatives
2 of each resident council involved in establishing the resident manage-
3 ment corporation;
4 (ii) include qualifications to run for office;
5 (iii) include the frequency of elections;
6 (iv) include procedures for recall; and
7 (v) term limits, if desired;
8 (e) shall have voting members of the heads of households and other
9 residents that are at least eighteen years of age and are listed on the
10 lease agreement for a unit represented by such resident management
11 corporation;
12 (f) shall be approved by the resident council board and a majority of
13 the residents if a resident council already exists. If there is no resi-
14 dent council, a majority of the residents of the public housing develop-
15 ment such resident management corporation will represent shall approve
16 the establishment of such resident management corporation; and
17 (g) may serve as both the resident management corporation and the
18 resident council if such resident management corporation meets the
19 requirements of federal laws and regulations for a resident council.
20 2. The New York city housing authority shall provide information and
21 trainings to all residents of such authority's properties regarding the
22 formation of resident management corporations, the requirements of such
23 resident management corporations, and the potential benefits of creating
24 such resident management corporations.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
26 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
27 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
28 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
29 completed on or before such effective date.
