Another issue that has not been clearly resolved involves a proposal to allow tenants in family housing projects to own pets.
That bill also provided for a program to allow tenants in public housing to purchase the project.
It is the first major building right near ground zero to allow tenants back in.
Can the landlord do this without allowing tenants to have dogs?
The complex was self-contained, allowing tenants and visitors to remain within the interior.
State law allows tenants over the age of 62 to remain renters even after the conversion, but they may have to pay higher rents.
He said that the owners had allowed several tenants to break their leases and leave.
"And they may make owners more likely to allow tenants who do not already have such appliances to install them."
Allowing tenants to buy their apartments at a fraction of market value has been going on for many years and is almost taken for granted.
It is a non-eviction plan, allowing tenants who do not buy to remain as renters.