Bill Text: NY S02326 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-23 - SIGNED CHAP.397 [S02326 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02326-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2326
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 24, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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    §    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.
                                                                   LBD02241-01-9