STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
956
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the time to
answer in proceedings before the division of housing and community
renewal
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 260-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 260-a. Answers before the division of housing and community renewal.
4 Notwithstanding section 2527.4 of title 9 of the New York codes, rules
5 and regulations, in any proceeding before the division of housing and
6 community renewal governed by part 2527 of title 9 of the New York
7 codes, rules and regulations, a person who has been served with a notice
8 of a proceeding accompanied by an application or complaint shall have no
9 less than ninety days from the date of mailing in which to answer or
10 reply, except in exceptional circumstances, the division of housing and
11 community renewal may require a shorter period. Every answer or reply
12 shall be verified or affirmed, and an original and one copy shall be
13 filed with the division of housing and community renewal.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03234-01-9
