Bill Text: NY A09460 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to limiting the number of shelters in council districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-30 - referred to cities [A09460 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09460-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9460
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 30, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation to limiting the number of shelters in council districts
         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 21-316 to read as follows:
    3    S  21-316  LIMITS ON SHELTER CAPACITY OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS. A. FOR THE
    4  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
    5  MEANINGS:
    6    1. "CAPACITY" SHALL MEAN THE NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS PROVIDED FOR INDI-
    7  VIDUAL  HOMELESS  SINGLE ADULTS AND THE NUMBER OF SHELTER UNITS PROVIDED
    8  FOR HOMELESS ADULT FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
    9    2. "SHELTER" SHALL MEAN TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING PROVIDED TO  HOME-
   10  LESS  ADULTS,  ADULT FAMILIES, AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN BY THE DEPART-
   11  MENT OR A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE  DEPART-
   12  MENT.
   13    B.    THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL LIMIT THE SHELTER CAPACITY OF EACH COUNCIL
   14  DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT  OF
   15  THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY OF THE BOROUGH WHERE SUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS
   16  LOCATED.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT RENEW ANY SHELTER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR
   17  AGREEMENT IF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT WHERE SUCH SHELTER IS LOCATED HAS MORE
   18  THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY OF THE BOROUGH  WHERE
   19  SUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS LOCATED.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13601-02-4