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The bills discussed include Intro 78 (public land disposition priorities for mission-driven nonprofit developers and community land trusts), Intro 902 (a Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPPA), Intro 570 (a municipal land bank), companion measures to expand statutory recognition and regulatory tools for community land trusts, and council resolutions urging the state to enact a Social Housing Development Authority and a Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). Public Advocate Jumaane Williams told the committee that the proposals would help tenants, saying the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase concept \"would place these properties in the hands of those who have a vested interest in maintaining residents in their homes.\"

Council members pressing the legislative case argued public land and transfer rules are critical leverage points. Council Member Ressler said nonprofit developers build more deeply affordable units on public sites than for‑profit teams and urged prioritizing community ownership of city land. Council Member Rivera described COPPA as \"modeled on existing policies in cities such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C.\" and said it would let mission-driven groups match third‑party offers to keep buildings in nonprofit or community hands. Council Member Nurse said her bills would expand the legal definition and governance of community land trusts and require a city study on the feasibility of a municipal social housing agency. Council Member Brewer and others argued a land bank could acquire and warehouse tax‑delinquent or vacant properties so nonprofits could convert them to permanently affordable housing.

City agencies described existing tools and cautioned about tradeoffs. Lucy Joffe, deputy commissioner for policy and strategy at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), said HPD already pursues permanent affordability through regulatory agreements, acquisition loans and other programs and that the agency works with community land trusts. HPD told the committee it has about 1,200 units on CLT-owned land in its pipeline and described an acquisition loan fund and Neighborhood Restore program that acquire and hold property for development. HPD said it supports the goals of many bills but warned that legally codifying some requirements — for example a categorical preference for nonprofits on all public sites — could narrow the pool of development partners and slow production. \"We must balance our focus on new approaches with the need to build and preserve as much affordable housing as we can with the resources that we have,\" Joffe said.

Advocates including representatives of East New York Community Land Trust, Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Pratt Center, New Economy Project and dozens of neighborhood CLTs urged stronger, citywide versions of the measures. East New York CLT and other witnesses described tenant takeovers and a recent CLT acquisition that converted a building to a limited‑equity co‑op, and they urged the council to abolish the city's tax lien sale and replace it with a land bank or other public mechanism. Will Spizak of New Economy Project said a public land preference need not slow development because HPD already uses rigorous RFP processes; he recommended the council also ensure joint‑venture paths are explicit so nonprofits can partner where needed.

Committee members repeatedly pressed HPD on data about outcomes by developer type and on the scale of public sites the city controls. HPD officials said the agency is refining term sheets, expanding capacity and using dedicated acquisition resources and that it can return data on how rental assistance and other tools affect who can ultimately live in subsidized units. HPD also summarized the New York City acquisition loan fund: since its creation it has supported more than a hundred projects, loaned about $780 million and has roughly $170 million outstanding in active loans, supporting an estimated 17,000 affordable units, the agency said.

The hearing drew dozens of public witnesses representing neighborhood CLTs, tenant groups, community development organizations and civic advocates who urged the council to pass the Community Land Act measures, expand funding for CLTs, and push the state to enact TOPA and a Social Housing Development Authority. Several witnesses described how local public sites and vacant lots could be used for deep affordability, community commercial space and resiliency projects. Testimony also included calls for protections of existing publicly subsidized housing, including Mitchell‑Lama and NYCHA buildings.

The committee held the bills for further consideration; no formal votes or final actions were taken at the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","🔴 LIVE: \"Oversight: Social Housing,\" Hosted by the Committee on Housing & Buildings","oneSentenceSummary","Council Member Pierina Sanchez, chair of the Committee on Housing and Buildings, opened a hearing on social housing and a package of bills called the Community Land Act, arguing the proposals would advance permanently affordable, community‑controlled housing.","taxTitle","New York City Council, New York City, New York County, New York","taxId",77593,"location","New York","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6530740,"Department of Finance backs intent to expand outreach on rent‑freeze programs but says it lacks household contact data",783,4765000,5548000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3639766-b0136213b1b9705c141097139abfd1f7&start=4765&end=5548","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3639766-b0136213b1b9705c141097139abfd1f7/thumbnail_4765000.jpg","/articles/6530740/New-York/Department-of-Finance-backs-intent-to-expand-outreach-on-rentfreeze-programs-but-says-it-lacks-household-contact-data","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6530740-c25064dcf3d9958c70c1fd7d66c3b677/orig.mp4?Expires=1771154637&Signature=P~4hmeP5i4PFpA4agnEGpX9B1Unh5tUzMx~tpxDVoYaRnC0YZdiGSB4legOCT3oelqxclcaLCdGuuqSyd0G-CmivnZhtOwchfQmd~a8wNqXXNexLNPNHyusYjOxqhSdj57~dFnPXCkskRfmvgcBAi4BE~3nt2~PYvpYdj5e4SxrR7FjVeiMHxjzMCpbKWrxDaXulvLIt1lWvb94g1Dz17wd3byFkZeIBz38uawweESgZnj4jeFE8KGXjf15hHyIDwXJSMTmdrp8Yqztsx8re4KLnN3pDUuhlJSl~7W3qsx6D6r2U7MeZSorgxw-S3rV6GtNhJUG8LObG9FsnXrPgkw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Intro 10‑34, sponsored by Council Member Julie Menin, would require the Department of Finance to notify households eligible for the senior citizen rent increase exemption and disabled citizen rent increase exemption (commonly called SCRIE and DRIE) and to expand renewal and third‑party notice processes.

Jake Capistran, deputy chief of staff and director of legislative affairs for the Department of Finance, told the committee the department \"supports the intent\" of the bill and does outreach, including hundreds of community events and council office assistance. Capistran said Finance cannot identify all eligible heads of household because it lacks access to necessary data; however the agency can mail notices to registered landlords who have rent‑stabilized units. He described existing training and \"train the trainer\" efforts Finance uses to reach community partners and non‑profits and said the agency has assisted about 1,000 constituents this year with rent‑freeze enrollment support.

Council members pressed whether landlords could be required to notify tenants; Finance said it currently can notify registered landlords of rent‑stabilized units and welcomed collaboration with the council on implementing that practice. The committee took testimony and requested follow‑up; no vote was taken during the hearing.","Intro 10‑34 would require the Department of Finance to notify eligible seniors and people with disabilities about rent‑freeze programs. Finance supports the bill’s aim but said it does not have access to the data needed to mail notices to eligible heads of household and can instead notify landlords of rent‑stabilized units.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6530745,"Council hearing on natural‑gas alarm deadline: Department of Buildings backs a compliance delay, raises technical concerns",1645,3515000,5160000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3639766-b0136213b1b9705c141097139abfd1f7&start=3515&end=5160","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3639766-b0136213b1b9705c141097139abfd1f7/thumbnail_3515000.jpg","/articles/6530745/New-York/Council-hearing-on-naturalgas-alarm-deadline-Department-of-Buildings-backs-a-compliance-delay-raises-technical-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6530745-4d3c04c8d029fa22a99d4e7b42f5c311/orig.mp4?Expires=1771154637&Signature=jOtqk4Mra5XM7c~c5vGT-rz4RGAO~rgEWGFbw7MZ772IzJ9YQjtrr3po0ZUgCuml79D2yutvEiTBQQfUdbV97KdaDNF8zgcn5kIgrLFGpktvMJrwtv4gXC5yrdkHpG97-DDSqfNLH7DXtIst0uFmW7ekPAivlXV3UOvBcbEdJC6GSjbRsuyfsmpCy1uxMdN54n2g-z9Uwv2Fy4f2GhlVMcShGTYcZobD52x1TRtckFIVB~Y8ovIvrGthPs2Pj30ab-cWfwspSEZ14MMLEboKbSSlMKYe2xQ4a5GY4nVS9xSolpreVGKoQT~Q18pgXONfQ4pao4ds1TWL~sGIFFIOvA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Council Member Andrew Dinowitz (introduced in the hearing) and other members asked about Intro 12‑81, legislation that would push back the compliance deadline for the city requirement to install natural‑gas alarms in certain residential buildings until device supply and affordability permit and no earlier than Jan. 1, 2027.

Robert Hollub, executive director for code development at the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), testified that DOB does not object to extending the compliance deadline in principle because industry supply and cost issues have created compliance challenges. Hollub said that DOB adopted the applicable industry standard (NFPA 715) by rule in 2024 and that devices meeting the applicable standards are currently limited. He explained technical concerns with the code text as written, noting the existing building code section (9 0 8.100.2) contains requirements written for different devices and recommending removal or alignment of that section with the industry standard. Hollub also raised concerns about an annual market‑availability report and said market research and affordability assessments are outside DOB's expertise.

HPD representatives clarified enforcement responsibilities: requirements for these alarms are enforced through the housing maintenance code and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has primary enforcement for violations, DOB said it has not issued fines under Local Law 157 related to the alarm mandate and has not yet projected how many properties would be subject to fines, in part because compliance is measured at the dwelling‑unit level.

Council members asked whether fines had been issued, how many properties might be subject to violation, and whether there would be refund processes for owners already fined. DOB and HPD said no fines have been issued yet and that they would follow up with additional information on potential counts and enforcement procedures. The committee held Intro 12‑81 for additional review; no vote was taken.","Intro 12‑81, which would delay the compliance deadline for required natural‑gas detectors, was heard and received conditional support from the Department of Buildings; the Department of Buildings raised technical issues about interconnection and market reporting requirements.","actionData","errors"]

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City Council hearing spotlights ‘Community Land Act’ package as route to permanently affordable housing

Department of Finance backs intent to expand outreach on rent‑freeze programs but says it lacks household contact data

Council hearing on natural‑gas alarm deadline: Department of Buildings backs a compliance delay, raises technical concerns