Bill Text: NY A01592 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1592

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-10 - referred to housing [A01592 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01592-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1592

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 10, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          TAYLOR, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

        AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the  standard  of
          proof  for  determination of eligibility for public housing based upon
          remaining family member status

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
     2  156-d to read as follows:
     3    § 156-d. Determination of remaining family member status. 1.  Notwith-
     4  standing any provisions of law to  the  contrary,  for  the  purpose  of
     5  determining  whether an individual is a remaining family member entitled
     6  to continued occupancy of a housing unit supplied by the New  York  city
     7  housing authority, the standard of proof of residency by such individual
     8  for  the  requisite  period  shall  not  exceed the standard required to
     9  demonstrate residency by individuals occupying housing units or  housing
    10  accommodations  subject  to  the provisions of chapters four and five of
    11  title twenty-six of the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,
    12  chapter  two hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-
    13  six, constituting the emergency housing rent control law or chapter five
    14  hundred seventy-six  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  seventy-four,
    15  constituting  the  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
    16  four.
    17    2. The provisions of this section shall not affect the income  thresh-
    18  old  requirements  for  determining  eligibility  of  a remaining family
    19  member for public housing.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
    21  applications  for  continued occupancy of a housing unit supplied by the
    22  New York city housing authority submitted to such authority on or  after
    23  January 1, 2025.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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