N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 1640-5.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 1640-5.2 - Inadmissible expenses

Generally speaking, the following expenses [see also Exhibits 9 and 9-NYCHA of Appendix S-6] will be deemed administrative expenses within the prohibition of the statute:

(a) Salaries of executives and other personnel insofar as their time is not given to the planning, construction or management of a project.

(b) Expenses of investigations, surveys, studies or research as to housing conditions, vacancies, shortages, rents, income, etc., in a community if the same are not required in connection with the preparation of an application for a loan for a project or with the planning, construction or management of a project.

(c) Expenses of studies of local building and sanitary codes, tenement house laws and other codes and laws and the preparation of one or more new or amended codes or laws for the municipality and which are not required in connection with the planning and construction of one or more projects.

(d) Expenses involved in the study of pending or proposed legislation or of any action taken in connection therewith, which legislation does not affect the planning, construction or management of public housing projects.

(e) Expenses of programs of demolition, repair or alteration of substandard buildings not required in connection with the planning or execution of a project.

(f) The publication or dissemination of reports or information other than that required by the law or by rules and regulations of the commissioner or by contract, or which may be necessary or desirable for public use or information and to establish and maintain desirable public relations, all in relation to the planning, execution or management of a specific project.

(g) Expenses of litigation not connected with or affecting the planning, construction or operation of a project.

(h) The rehousing or relocation of tenants caused by conditions or events other than those relating to the planning and construction of a public housing project.

(i) The cost of office furniture in the main or central office of an authority needed in connection with the activities of an authority other than the planning and construction of a public housing project.

(j) Photographs of housing or other conditions in a municipality not necessary in connection with the planning, construction or management of a project.

(k) Travel and other expenses in connection with attendance at general meetings of housing, planning or other organizations, except with prior approval of the commissioner.

(l) The cost of subscriptions to periodicals and the purchase price of books and periodicals relating generally to housing, planning or other fields and not required specifically for the planning, construction or operation of a project.

(m) The expense of general project planning and site studies not applicable to the planning of a particular project.

(n) So much of the central office rent and miscellaneous expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation of a main or central office of an authority as is attributable to any or all of the activities hereinabove enumerated or to similar activities.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 1640-5.2