Bill Text: NY S00427 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a pilot program to create a legal hotline for tenants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S00427 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00427-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           427
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing  a  pilot
          program to create a legal hotline for tenants
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 75  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 75. Legal hotline for tenants pilot program. 1. The attorney general
     4  shall  establish  a pilot program to create a legal hotline for tenants.
     5  The pilot program shall be administered by the attorney general.
     6    2. The attorney general shall recruit attorneys to participate in  the
     7  program.  Attorneys  will  not  be committed to representing any tenants
     8  that they advise through the program.
     9    3. The legal hotline for tenants shall be accessible via  a  toll-free
    10  phone  number  that  operates,  at  a minimum, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday
    11  through Friday.
    12    4. Tenants shall call the hotline and describe  their  problem  to  an
    13  intake  counselor,  who  shall  refer  the tenants to an appropriate and
    14  available volunteer attorney. After the  referral,  the  attorney  shall
    15  contact and advise the tenant.
    16    5.  All  costs  of the pilot program shall be paid for by the New York
    17  interest on lawyer account fund, pursuant to section  ninety-seven-v  of
    18  the state finance law.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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