Bill Text: NY A02300 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a dedicated telephone line for housing discrimination complaints.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-08 - substituted by s3437c [A02300 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A02300-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2300--C 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, RAMOS, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a dedi- cated telephone line for complainants of housing discrimination The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 295 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 17 to read as follows: 3 17. To establish a dedicated telephone line to provide assistance to 4 individuals with complaints of housing discrimination. Such assistance 5 shall include, but not be limited to, directing individuals to resources 6 available to the public regarding housing discrimination. The division 7 shall operate such dedicated telephone line during regular business 8 hours and shall post the telephone number for such dedicated phone line 9 on the website of the division. The commissioner is hereby authorized 10 and directed to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the 11 purposes of this subdivision. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 13 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 14 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 15 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 16 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04930-08-1
