Bill Text: NY A03125 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-06 - advanced to third reading cal.435 [A03125 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03125-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3125
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Judiciary
       AN  ACT  to  amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the
         participation of the department of social services of the city of  New
         York  in  certain  actions and proceedings in the housing part of such
         court
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision (d) of section 110 of the New York city civil
    2  court act, as added by chapter 982 of the laws of 1972,  is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (d)  In any of the actions or proceedings specified in subdivision (a)
    5  OF THIS SECTION and on the application of any party, any city department
    6  or  the  court,  on  its  own  motion, may join any other person or city
    7  department as a party in order to effectuate proper housing  maintenance
    8  standards  and to promote the public interest.  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
    9  APPLICATION OF ITS POWERS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COURT MAY, ON  THE
   10  APPLICATION  OF  ANY  PARTY  OR  ON  ITS OWN MOTION, JOIN AS A PARTY THE
   11  DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY  ACTION  OR
   12  PROCEEDING IN WHICH THE PAYMENT OR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT BY A RECIPIENT OF
   13  OR  APPLICANT  FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW
   14  IS AT ISSUE, AND THE COURT MAY JOIN AS A PARTY  THE  DIVISION  OF  ADULT
   15  PROTECTIVE  SERVICES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
   16  PROCEEDING, WHERE APPROPRIATE.
   17    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and  shall  govern  any
   18  action  or  proceeding pending in the housing part on the effective date
   19  of this act, as well as actions and proceedings instituted thereafter.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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