Bill Text: NY A04102 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the New York City Housing Authority to provide a written statement articulating the reasons for denial of any request when the denial precedes a tenant's right to institute a grievance procedure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - signed chap.335 [A04102 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A04102-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4102
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 29, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT, CRESPO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring that
the New York city housing authority provide a tenant with a written
statement specifically articulating its reasons for the denial of any
request when such denial precedes a tenant's right to institute a
grievance procedure
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
2 402-c to read as follows:
3 S 402-C. NOTICE UPON DENIAL OF REQUEST. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
4 AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE A TENANT, UPON THE DENIAL OF ANY REQUEST THAT
5 WOULD PERMIT A TENANT TO INSTITUTE A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE, WITH A WRITTEN
6 NOTICE SPECIFICALLY ARTICULATING ITS REASONS FOR SUCH DENIAL. ANY SUCH
7 NOTICE SHALL ALSO INFORM A TENANT OF THE RIGHT TO GRIEVE A REQUEST
8 DENIAL AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH SUCH TENANT MAY INSTITUTE A GRIEVANCE
9 PROCEDURE.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04980-01-5
