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402-E – Disruption of Vital Services.

§ 402-e. Disruption of vital services. 1. In order to ensure compliance and enforcement of the New York city housing authority’s duty to provide heat, water, electricity and elevator service, the New York city housing authority shall publish information regarding reported disruptions in such services, the length of such disruptions and the steps taken to […]

402-F – Searchable Ticket Database.

§ 402-f. Searchable ticket database. 1. When residents call and file complaints and/or file a complaint online with the authority, the authority shall assign the complaint a ticket number. The authority shall then make available this complaint and corresponding ticket number on their website and over the phone in a public database which is searchable […]

401 – New York City Housing Authority.

§ 401. New York City Housing Authority. The New York City Housing Authority is hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic with all the powers, rights and duties set forth in article five of the former state housing law.

301 – Short Title.

§ 301. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “public housing drug elimination act”.

302 – Legislative Findings.

§ 302. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that: (1) the state has a duty to provide public housing that is decent, safe, and free from illegal drugs; (2) public housing projects in many areas suffer from rampant drug-related crime; (3) drug dealers are increasingly imposing a reign of terror on public housing tenants; (4) the […]

303 – Authority to Make Grants.

§ 303. Authority to make grants. The commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of this article, may make grants to public housing authorities or agencies for use in eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects.

304 – Eligible Activities.

§ 304. Eligible activities. A public housing authority or agency may use a grant under this article for: (1) the employment of security personnel in public housing projects; (2) reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for additional security and protective services for public housing projects; (3) physical improvements in public housing projects which are specifically […]

305 – Applications.

§ 305. Applications. (1) To receive a grant under this article, a public housing authority or agency shall submit an application to the commissioner at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such additional information as the commissioner may reasonably require. Such application shall include a plan for addressing the problem of drug-related crime […]

306 – Definitions.

§ 306. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Controlled substance” shall have the same meaning given such term in section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law. (2) “Drug-related crime” shall mean the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, […]