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Int 2197-2021

Disposition of real property of the city.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2021-01-06

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2021-01-06Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require that when the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) disposes of City-owned land for affordable housing, they prioritize not-for-profit organizations whose missions include affordable housing with a commitment to permanent affordability and with a record of preserving or creating affordable housing.

Committee on Housing and BuildingsDepartment of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

How it compares

20% of similar bills passed

10 passed · 40 died

This bill: 359 days in committee

Similar bills: median 627 days · 471 days when passed

Sponsors (3)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2021-01-06 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2021-01-06 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2021-01-06 · 12:00 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 384 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows: 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this subdivision, the mayor shall not, when disposing of real property of the city for the purpose of providing affordable housing, award such property to a for-profit developer unless no not-for-profit developers applied for and met any applicable qualifications for such property, provided that this paragraph shall not apply to real property sold pursuant to a state law providing the mayor or the commissioner of housing preservation and development with control over such sale. �2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. LS 2202 MPC/APB 12/14/20, 3:37 pm