A08347 Summary:

BILL NOA08347
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSOREnglebright
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S19-a, Civ Rts L
 
Requires cooperative housing corporations provide a prospective purchaser with a written statement of reasons when withholding consent to a purchase; voids any agreement inconsistent with such requirement.
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A08347 Actions:

BILL NOA08347
 
06/14/2011referred to governmental operations
01/04/2012referred to governmental operations
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A08347 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A08347 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8347
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 14, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to  discrimination  in
          the ownership of cooperative housing
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration of intent. The  legis-
     2  lature  recognizes  that cooperative ownership in multi-family dwellings
     3  is a popular form of home  ownership  in  New  York  state.  An  ongoing
     4  concern  for  consumers dealing in the cooperative housing market is the
     5  potential for the unlawful rejection by a board of directors of a buyer.
     6    The legislature finds and determines that, not infrequently,  a  co-op
     7  board  rejects  what appears to be a well-qualified customer. Often, the
     8  prospective purchaser has concerns that the rejection was in fact unlaw-
     9  ful discrimination. Both federal and state  laws  protect  our  citizens
    10  from  unfair  housing practices, which include discrimination based upon
    11  race, ethnicity, gender, age or family status.
    12    For such reasons, it is the legislature's intent to require boards  of

    13  directors of cooperative housing to disclose to proposed purchasers, the
    14  reasons for rejecting a sale.
    15    § 2.  Section 19-a of the civil rights law, as added by chapter 376 of
    16  the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
    17    §  19-a.    Prohibition  against  unreasonable withholding of consent.
    18  Whenever any corporation formed  for  the  purpose  of  the  cooperative
    19  ownership  of real estate within the state withholds consent to the sale
    20  or proposed sale of certificates of stock or other evidence of ownership
    21  of an interest in such corporation, such corporation shall  provide  the
    22  prospective  purchaser with a written statement of its reasons for with-
    23  holding consent no later than five business days after its  decision  to
    24  withhold consent.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06151-01-1

        A. 8347                             2
 
     1    1.  No  such  corporation  [formed  for the purpose of the cooperative
     2  ownership of real estate within the state]  shall  withhold  [its]  such
     3  consent  [to the sale or proposed sale of certificates of stock or other
     4  evidence of ownership of an interest in such corporation] because of the
     5  race, creed, national origin, or sex of the purchaser.
     6    2.  For the purposes of this section a "corporation" shall include the
     7  cooperative management, cooperative tenants,  cooperative  shareholders,

     8  or any appointee or successor in interest of a corporation.
     9    3.  This section shall apply to every sale or proposed sale whether by
    10  a corporation directly, its successor  in  interest,  or  by  any  other
    11  lawfully entitled party.
    12    4.  Every  agreement, negative covenant, restrictive covenant or other
    13  provision, whether written or oral and wherever contained,  inconsistent
    14  with this section shall be void and unenforceable.
    15    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    16  have become a law.
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