2021 is looking like the new roaring 20’s. Puerto Rican track Gold Medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ran her way to Olympic immortality in the 100 meter hurdles, New York State ended its state of Emergency for CV-19 in June, and Westchester County just passed new Co-op transparency legislation adding another boost to fair housing in the state.
Westchester now requires a reason for co-op rejections, published standards for co-op buyers, as well as mandated fair housing training for individuals serving on co-op boards. Westchester County Executive George Latimer signed the bill already. No more secret rejections of co-op applicants. No more guessing whether buyers are eligible to apply for a co-op. Co-op governing boards will take two hours of fair housing training every two years.
The battle for this legislation in Westchester has been waging since before Camacho-Quinn was born in 1996. We are elated about Puerto Rico's first gold medal in track and the potential for a new dawn of available housing opportunities for all in Westchester.
Bravo to the Westchester legislature, co-op purchasers, sellers, and shareholders alike. If you need a new co-op to watch Quinn smash records in Toyko this summer…AskHollingsworth.
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