Bill > A01037

This bill aims to protect the rights of current and converted Mitchell-Lama residents, which are affordable housing units in New York. The key provisions include: establishing an independent agency to handle Mitchell-Lama complaints, eliminating the approval of "windfall" refinancing and conversion deals unless detailed financial documentation is provided, requiring final rent and carrying charge increase approval from the respective state or city comptroller, prohibiting owners and co-op boards from receiving increases based on unverified projections, eliminating audit surcharges unless a resident's income confirms they are subject to it, providing legal representation and support for pro se litigants in landlord-tenant cases, and mandating that judges and court staff with Mitchell-Lama expertise oversee related cases.