Bill Text: NY A08144 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the Department of Homeless Services to notify the affected community board prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless; requires written notification sixty days before the department enters into a contractual arrangement with a transitional housing provider or otherwise finalizes its decision to use or expand a location as transitional housing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to cities [A08144 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08144-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8144

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 7, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to  requiring  the Department of Homeless Services to notify
          the affected community board prior to  locating  transitional  housing
          for the homeless

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

     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 21-324 to read as follows:
     3    §  21-324  Community  notification requirement. 1. When the department
     4  intends to use a new location as transitional housing for eligible home-
     5  less families and individuals, or  expand  an  existing  location  where
     6  transitional housing is provided, the commissioner shall provide notifi-
     7  cation  in  writing to the community board for the community district in
     8  which the transitional housing will be located.  Such  notice  shall  be
     9  provided  at  least  sixty  days  before  the  department  enters into a
    10  contractual arrangement with a transitional housing provider  or  other-
    11  wise  finalizes its decision to use or expand a location as transitional
    12  housing.
    13    2. The notification shall include  the  address  of  the  transitional
    14  housing, the number of people who will be housed, the name of the person
    15  or  entity operating the transitional housing, the name of any organiza-
    16  tion, whether for-profit  or  not-for-profit,  that  will  be  providing
    17  services to the occupants of the transitional housing, the type of tran-
    18  sitional  housing,  a description of the services that will be provided,
    19  the rationale for choosing such location, and  an  approximate  schedule
    20  for when such transitional housing will be used or expanded.
    21    3. This section shall apply to any transitional housing facility oper-
    22  ated or contracted for, by or on behalf of the department, regardless of
    23  its size and capacity.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05565-01-1