Bill Text: NY S00159 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
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) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00159 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S00159-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 159 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. LBD00834-01-5