Bill Text: NY S01243 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the office of temporary and disability assistance to provide rental assistance to individuals with a loss of ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19 without requiring a certification of risk for eviction from a court to demonstrate such loss.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S01243 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S01243-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1243 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 8, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT providing for the office of temporary and disability assistance to provide rental assistance to individuals with a loss of ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for 2 the duration of the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to execu- 3 tive order 202 of 2020, and as extended by any future executive order, 4 the office of temporary and disability assistance may provide singular 5 instances of rental assistance to individuals who can sufficiently 6 demonstrate a loss of ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19. Loss 7 of ability to pay rent as a result of COVID-19 may be demonstrated by a 8 certification of risk for eviction from a court of competent jurisdic- 9 tion, but such certification shall not be a requirement to receive 10 rental assistance. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the 12 provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the date 13 the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order 202 of 14 2020, and as extended by any future executive order, is lifted; provided 15 that the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assist- 16 ance shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the 17 lifting of the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive 18 order 202 of 2020, and as extended by any future executive order, in 19 order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective 20 data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in 21 furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla- 22 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03285-02-1