Bill Title: Authorizes the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York on its own motion or on the motion of a party to join the department of social services of the city of New York as a party in any action or proceeding wherein the failure of a recipient of or applicant for public assistance to pay rent is at issue; also permits the court to join the division of adult protective services of the city of New York, where appropriate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00055 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Daniel Squadron [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ruben Diaz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Liz Krueger [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Velmanette Montgomery [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jose Serrano [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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