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What is NYC AC § 26-2702?

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This section mandates the Department to submit an annual report by September 1 on waiting lists for Mitchell-Lama developments. The report must include data on unique applicants, selection outcomes, complaints, and veteran admissions. Applies to Mitchell-Lama development stakeholders and city officials.

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§ 26-2702 Mitchell-Lama development waiting list report.

AC § 26-2702

By September 1, 2021 and by September 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor, the speaker of the council and the public advocate, and post to its website, a report on waiting lists for Mitchell-Lama developments that have been digitized and are incorporated into the housing portal required by section 26-1802. Such report shall be disaggregated by each Mitchell-Lama development and include, but need not be limited to, the following: 1. The number of unique applicants on the waiting list on the last day of the prior calendar year; 2. The number of applicants on the waiting list: (a) Who were not selected for occupancy in such development within the prior calendar year; and (b) Whose position on the waiting list was sequentially prior to a person other than a veteran who was selected for occupancy in such development within the prior calendar year; 3. The number of substantiated complaints received within the prior calendar year regarding the waiting list for such development, including, but not limited to: (a) The selection for occupancy of an applicant whose position on the waiting list was sequentially later than applicants who were not selected for occupancy in such development from the same waiting list within the prior calendar year; and (b) The waiting list process; and 4. The number of applicants who were admitted under the preference for veterans for such development within the prior calendar year. (L.L. 2019/218, 12/15/2019, eff. 12/15/2019)

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