N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law Section 36
Sale of project prior to termination of tax exemption

1.

Except as otherwise provided in this article and prior to the expiration of thirty-five years from the date of occupancy, a project, other than a project aided by a loan made after May first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, shall not be sold except to a company organized pursuant to the provisions of this article; prior to the expiration of twenty years from the date of occupancy, a project aided by a loan made after May first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, shall not be sold except to a company organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. Such successor company shall acquire such project subject to all the provisions of the loan and mortgage contract and the provisions of this article, and shall be entitled to all the benefits provided in such contract or granted under this article, and a company so conveying all its projects may be dissolved with the consent of the commissioner or the supervising agency, as the case may be.

2.

In the event of any sale described in this section, the stockholders of the dissolving company shall in no event receive more than the par value of their stock with accrued and unpaid dividends upon such stock.

Source: Section 36 — Sale of project prior to termination of tax exemption, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PVH/36 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

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Short title 11
Policy and purposes of article 11–A
Additional policy and purposes of article 12
Definitions 13
Limited-profit housing companies 13–A
The applicability of not-for-profit corporation law 13–B
Verification of papers filed with supervising agency 13–C
Voting, election and referendum procedures 14
Consent of commissioner to incorporation 15
Participation by certain corporations and individuals 16
Limited-profit housing companies 17
Powers 18
Designation of and service of process on secretary of state and registered agent 19
Consideration for issuance of stock, bonds or income debentures 20
Mortgages, mortgage bonds and notes 21
Capital structure 22
State loans 22–A
Redevelopment loans 22–B
Loans for state-aided limited-profit housing companies 23
Municipal loans and municipally aided projects 23–A
Mortgage modifications, evidence of pre-existing indebtedness 23–B
Participation in loan or investment 23–C
Mortgage modifications 24
Income debentures 25
Working capital 26
Conditions and security for loans 26–A
Findings for municipally-aided projects 26–B
Special provisions with respect to state urban development corporation projects 26–C
Special provisions with respect to Battery Park city projects 27
Limitations 28
Payments from earnings 29
Acquisition of property 30
Transfer of real property 31
Rentals and selection of tenants 31–A
Resale price of shares 31–B
Assignment or pledge of tenant cooperator’s shares 31–C
Tenant-cooperators 32
Supervision and regulation 32–A
Additional supervision and regulation 32–B
Annual reports 33
Tax exemptions 34
Foreclosure and judgments 35
Voluntary dissolution 35–A
Requirements regarding dissolution 36
Sale of project prior to termination of tax exemption 36–A
Additional powers of municipalities 37
Separability clause
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Nov. 29, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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