Opn. No.

HON. HARRY GOLD Counsel, Kingston Housing Authority

This is in response to your letter wherein you ask for an opinion of the Attorney General as to whether the Kingston Housing Authority may, by resolution, require all employees subsequently hired by it to be residents of the City of Kingston.

Chapter 913 of the Laws of 1957 added Title 31 to the Public Housing Law as section 434 thereof, which provides in part:

"A municipal housing authority, to be known as the Kingston Housing Authority, is hereby created and established for the city of Kingston in the county of Ulster for the accomplishment…