Bill Text: NY S00871 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S00871 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S00871-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           871

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
          MYRIE, RIVERA, ROLISON, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS --  read  twice  and  ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
          Construction and Community Development

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public housing law, in relation to establishing
          uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors apply-
          ing for public housing

          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  62 to read as follows:
     3    § 62. Waiting list priorities; domestic violence.  1.  Where  a  local
     4  housing  authority  establishes  applicant  preferences on their waiting
     5  list, applicants who are victims of domestic violence shall receive  the
     6  same  priority  as  other disenfranchised populations, such as the disa-
     7  bled, the elderly  and  the  homeless,  where  the  victim  of  domestic
     8  violence:
     9    (a) will continue to suffer from domestic violence if they continue to
    10  live in current residence; or
    11    (b)  has left the residence due to domestic violence and is not living
    12  in standard permanent replacement housing.
    13    2. For the purposes of this section, victim of domestic violence shall
    14  have the same meaning as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of
    15  the social services law.
    16    3. For applicants on the waiting list with the same preference status,
    17  local public housing authorities shall select applicants using the  date
    18  and time of application, giving priority to applications in the order of
    19  which they are received.
    20    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to local
    21  housing authorities upon the addition  of  any  person  to  any  of  the
    22  authority's waiting lists.

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