§ 352-eee. Conversions to cooperative or condominium ownership in\ncertain cities, towns and villages located in the counties of Nassau,\nWestchester and Rockland. 1. As used in this section, the following\nwords and terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Plan". Every offering statement or prospectus submitted to the\ndepartment of law pursuant to section three hundred fifty-two-e of this\narticle for the conversion of a building or group of buildings or\ndevelopment from residential rental status to cooperative or condominium\nownership or other form of cooperative interest in realty, other than an\noffering statement or prospectus for such conversion pursuant to article\ntwo, eight or eleven of the private housing finance law.\n (b) "Non-eviction plan". A plan which may not be declared effective\nuntil at least fifteen percent of those bona fide tenants in occupancy\nof all dwelling units in the building or group of buildings or\ndevelopment on the date the plan is declared effective shall have\nexecuted and delivered written agreements to purchase under the plan. As\nto tenants who were in occupancy on the date a letter was issued by the\nattorney general accepting the plan for filing, the purchase agreement\nshall be executed and delivered pursuant to an offering made in good\nfaith without fraud and discriminatory repurchase agreements or other\ndiscriminatory inducements.\n (c) "Eviction plan". A plan which, pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection, can result in the eviction of a non-purchasing tenant by reason\nof the tenant failing to purchase pursuant thereto, and which may not be\ndeclared effective until written agreements to purchase under the plan\npursuant to an offering made in good faith without fraud and with no\ndiscriminatory repurchase agreements or other discriminatory inducements\nshall have been executed and delivered by: (i) at least fifty-one\npercent of the bona fide tenants in occupancy of all dwelling units in\nthe building or group of buildings or development on the date the\noffering statement or prospectus was accepted for filing by the attorney\ngeneral excluding, for the purposes of determining the number of bona\nfide tenants in occupancy on such date, eligible senior citizens and\neligible disabled persons; and (ii) at least thirty-five percent of the\nbona fide tenants in occupancy of all dwelling units in the building or\ngroup of buildings or development on the date the offering statement or\nprospectus was accepted for filing by the attorney general including,\nfor the purposes of determining the number of bona fide tenants in\noccupancy on such date eligible senior citizens and eligible disabled\npersons.\n (d) "Purchaser under the plan". A person who owns the shares allocated\nto a dwelling unit or who owns such dwelling unit itself.\n (e) "Non-purchasing tenant". A person who has not purchased under the\nplan and who is a tenant entitled to possession at the time the plan is\ndeclared effective or a person to whom a dwelling unit is rented\nsubsequent to the effective date. A person who sublets a dwelling unit\nfrom a purchaser under the plan shall not be deemed a non-purchasing\ntenant.\n (f) "Eligible senior citizens". Non-purchasing tenants who are\nsixty-two years of age or older on the date the plan is declared\neffective and the spouses of any such tenants on such date; provided\nthat such tenant shall not be precluded from subsequently purchasing the\ndwelling unit on the terms then offered to tenants in occupancy.\n (g) "Eligible disabled persons". Non-purchasing tenants who have an\nimpairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological\nconditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled\nsubstance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and\nlaboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent\nand which prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful\nemployment on th
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