Requires a public housing authority to file in the office of the commissioner of housing and community renewal and with the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly a physical needs assessment every five years; defines "physical needs assessment".
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5648
SPONSOR: Zinerman TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to physical needs
assessments for public housing authorities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill mandates that every Public Housing Authority within the State
of NY submit a Physical Needs Assessment (PNA) to the commissioner of
NYS Homes and Community Renewal, the temporary president of the senate
and the speaker of the assembly every five years
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the public housing law to mandate that (a) public hous-
ing authorities submit a PNA to Homes and Community Renewal and it (b)
defines what a PNA is.
Section 2 establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development does not
require that housing authorities submit a PNA to them. A PNA is essen-
tial in evaluating the scope of capital repairs and improvements needed
within a housing development. The New. York City Housing Authority
(NYCHA) submits a PNA voluntarily (or as recommended but not mandated by
HUD) every five years. As a result, NYCHA reported that they were in a
capital deficit of $328 because of the 2017 PNA they conducted. This
should be a mandate of every public housing authority to create trans-
parency and financial clarity.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: A1907 Died in Committee
2022-2021: A7839 Died in Committee
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
No additional costs to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5648
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 19, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to physical needs
assessments for public housing authorities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 37 of the public housing law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. (a) An authority shall file in the office of the commissioner and
4 with the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assem-
5 bly a physical needs assessment. Each authority shall file the physical
6 needs assessment every five years.
7 (b) For purposes of this section, a "physical needs assessment" shall
8 mean a standard operating procedure for real estate management consist-
9 ing of a periodic examination and evaluation of real estate to determine
10 a long-term schedule and cost for replacement of major property compo-
11 nents. The physical needs assessment shall provide data to evaluate the
12 viability of the real estate to continue serving its intended purpose
13 into the future. The physical needs assessment shall be deemed a founda-
14 tional document which may be useful for a number of real estate manage-
15 ment functions, including: determining a replacement reserve schedule;
16 developing preventative maintenance plans; performing due diligence at
17 sale, purchase, or financing; marketing and repositioning strategy plan-
18 ning; budgeting; and obtaining or providing grant support.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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