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NY A04507

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Charles Lavine

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires cooperative corporation boards to maintain standardized applications and provide them promptly to prospective buyers and sellers upon request, including submission instructions and contact information

  • Mandates that co-op boards acknowledge receipt of purchase applications within 10 business days via registered mail and email, specifying whether the application is complete or what additional materials are needed

  • Establishes a 45-day deadline for co-op boards to approve or deny a completed application, with one automatic 14-day extension available and additional extensions permitted with buyer consent

  • Creates automatic approval mechanism if the co-op board fails to act within the 45-day period plus extensions; after a 10-day warning notice from the buyer, inaction constitutes consent to the sale

  • Allows tolling of deadlines for applications received between July 1 and September 10 if the board has documented that it does not meet during July and August, extending the timeline to 60 days or September 10, whichever is later

Legislative Description

Enacts the "fairness in cooperative homeownership act"; regulates the submission and determinations of applications for ownership of cooperative apartments.

Last Action

referred to housing

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Housing2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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