Krueger unveils first-refusal bill

State Senator Liz Krueger introduced right-of-first-refusal legislation today that would give Mitchell-Lama and Section 8 tenants first dibs on buying their buildings if owners announce they want to take properties out of the affordable housing programs. The bill comes less than a month after a state Supreme Court judge struck down Local Law 79, which the City Council passed in 2005 to give tenants in certain Mitchell-Lama rentals a similar right of first refusal. more TRD