Mitchell-Lama Regulations
- Mitchell-Lama Basics: What Every ML Shareholder Should Know
- Guide to Mitchell-Lama Preservation
- Rights of Mitchell-Lama Shareholders
Are you a ML shareholder or on the waiting list to get a ML co-op apartment? Do you have questions about how Mitchell-Lama cooperatives are structured? Do you want to know how being a cooperator in a Mitchell-Lama is different from renting? Read our newly published booklet for the answers to these questions and more!
ML Basics: What Every ML Shareholder Should Know, is a guide to understanding Mitchell-Lama cooperatives and the documents and rules that govern them.
CU4ML has developed a guide for how cooperators can work to preserve Mitchell-Lama co-op housing. It includes background and facts on the Mitchell-Lama program, discusses the substantial risks of privatization and gives directions on how to collect information about your building, including a sample FOIL request.
Governing Agencies
| HPD — New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development | |
| 100 Gold Street, New York, NY 10038 Phone: 212 863-6500; Fax 212 863-5048 Vicki Been, Commissioner |
CLICK HERE for current Mitchell-Lama Rules— CLICK HERE to download HPD's latest proposal for changes to the Mitchell-Lama rules. Go the the "Taking Action" page to download comments from CU4ML and elected officials. |
| HCR — New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal | |
| 25 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004 Phone 1-888-275-3427; Hotline 1-866-463-7753 James Rubin, Commissioner |
CLICK HERE for current HCR Mitchell-Lama co-op regulations— see Part 1750 “Voluntary Dissolution” on pages 109-119 for rules governing withdrawal and privatization. |
Comments and Presentations from CU4ML Meetings
Click on the links below in BLUE to download speeches, presentations, and testimony made by CU4ML members.
- Report on the General Meeting, Feb 6, 2010
- Statement from the June 2009 Meeting
- Presentation on the Legal Foundation for Mitchell Lama
- Comments by CU4ML on the DHCR Changes
On February 6, 2010, CU4ML held a general membership meeting for all of its members. This report from our president, Jeanne Poindester describes the progress our organization has made to prevent more by-outs and educate Mitchell-Lama cooperators on its risks.
Representatives from HPD and DHCR were also there to speak and took questions from the audience.
In June 2009, CU4ML held a general membership meeting for all of its members. These are the remarks of Jeanne Poindexter, a Mitchell-Lama cooperator from East Midtown Plaza, discussing the steps towards privatization and how shareholders can fight to remain a Mitchell-Lama co-op.
by Barry Mallin, Esq.
Co-op Sample Documents
>ACRIS (Automatic City Register Information System)
To see you building’s deeds, mortgages, etc., you can use ACRIS on the New York City website as follows:
- Go to the ACRIS web page at: http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/CP/
- Click on “Begin using ACRIS”
- Click on “Find Addresses and Parcels”
- Use the pull-down menu to enter the borough and then fill in the address.
- Then click on BBL to find the Borough/Block/Lot of the property. Now click on “document search by BBL”
- Then click on “Search” and you will see all the recorded documents relating to your building.
Other Organizations
- Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition
- New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
- Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
- Tenants and Neighbors
- Working Families Party
The Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition is a group of tenants and cooperators who live in Mitchell-Lama housing who are dedicated to preserving affordable housing.
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest may be able to help groups of cooperators to find pro-bono legal assistance in order to fight against privatization.
The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board and New York State Tenants and Neighbors are non-profits that are dedicated to creating and preserving affordable housing in New York City.