Creates a special subpart of the housing part within the NYC civil court to handle cases involving condominiums and cooperative buildings.
Summary
This bill amends the New York City Civil Court Act to create a separate subpart within the Housing Part of the New York City Civil Court specifically devoted to actions and proceedings involving cooperative and condominium buildings. The new subpart would handle only those matters that already fall within the Housing Part’s jurisdiction, rather than expanding the court’s subject-matter authority.
The measure is administrative and procedural in nature. It is intended to organize housing-related litigation more narrowly by directing co-op and condo disputes into a dedicated forum, which could improve consistency, efficiency, and judicial familiarity with the legal issues that commonly arise in these building types.
Impact
If enacted, the bill would amend section 110 of the New York City Civil Court Act by adding a new subdivision establishing a specialized housing subpart for cooperative and condominium matters. It would affect the operation of the NYC Civil Court’s Housing Part, but it would not create new substantive rights or change the underlying law governing co-ops, condos, or landlord-tenant relations. The practical impact would be on court administration, case assignment, and the parties who litigate housing disputes in New York City, especially boards, shareholders, unit owners, and building residents.
Sentiment
No committee transcript or vote record is available in the provided materials, so there is no direct evidence of support or opposition from legislative debate. Based on the bill text and caption, the proposal appears to be a targeted court-organization measure, which typically draws neutral to favorable treatment because it aims to streamline case handling rather than alter substantive policy. The available context suggests a practical, technical reform rather than a controversial one.
Contention
The bill’s main possible point of contention is whether creating a dedicated subpart for cooperative and condominium matters would improve efficiency or instead fragment the Housing Part and create uneven treatment among housing cases. Stakeholders most likely to care would include co-op and condo boards, owners, tenants, housing attorneys, and court administrators. Because the bill does not include a transcript or recorded votes, no specific objections or endorsements can be attributed to named individuals or groups from the provided record.
Includes certain cooperative or limited-profit housing companies for purposes of conversions to cooperative or condominium ownership in the city of New York.
Directs condominium and cooperative housing associations to complete capital reserve studies, including a thirty-year funding plan, in order to ensure that the condominium or cooperative housing association has adequate reserve funds available to repair or replace the assets located on the property that the association is obligated to maintain without the need to create any special assessment or loan obligation; specifies the content of the study; requires the study to be filed with the attorney general.
Directs condominium and cooperative housing associations to complete capital reserve studies, including a thirty-year funding plan, in order to ensure that the condominium or cooperative housing association has adequate reserve funds available to repair or replace the assets located on the property that the association is obligated to maintain without the need to create any special assessment or loan obligation; specifies the content of the study; requires the study to be filed with the state comptroller.
Creates the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson program; authorizes the residential unit tax; establishes the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson program fund.
Creates the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson program; authorizes the residential unit tax; establishes the cooperative and condominium ombudsperson program fund.
Requires at least one director on a board of directors of a residential cooperative housing corporation be a primary resident of such residential cooperative housing corporation; prohibits the charging of payments, fees or charges by cooperative housing corporations without thirty days written notice to such cooperative housing corporation's shareholders.