Directs the New York City Housing Authority and the department of information technology and telecommunications of the city of New York to establish a 311 hotline to receive public housing complaints.
Establishes a former foster youth priority program that reserves at least five percent of units in housing lotteries that are administered by the New York city department of housing preservation and development or the New York city housing development corporation for eligible former foster youth; authorizes the promulgation of rules, regulations and marketing handbooks and procedural guidelines; establishes reporting requirements.
Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.
Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.
Requires that any disposition of land or buildings by the New York City Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.
Relates to enacting the "NYCHA HVAC repair act"; provides for the heating and cooling of properties including dwelling units owned by the New York city housing authority through the installation of geothermal or air source heat pumps and for the replacement of lighting on New York city housing authority property with LED bulbs.
Directs the department of public service, in conjunction with the New York state energy research and development authority, and the power authority of the state of New York to commission a study on the utilization of directional noise reduction optimization technology for wind turbines in New York state.
Establishes a subpart to hear eviction matters related to affordable housing providers and small landlords; provides a subpart shall be in each borough of the city of New York; defines terms.
Establishes the rural housing workforce corps to address rural housing shortages by expanding construction capacity, training a local workforce, and supporting the development of modest, year round housing units in rural New York state.