Bill Text: NY S03342 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 3342 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires the NYC housing authority to provide a notice of opportunity to meet to discuss possible termination of tenancy when an occupant is aged 62 years or older.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-08 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8140A [S03342 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03342-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3342--A
           Cal. No. 242
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. LANZA, FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
         and  Community  Development -- reported favorably from said committee,
         ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
         by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,
         restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
         its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New
         York city housing authority to provide elderly tenants with notice  of
         opportunity to meet to discuss possible termination of tenancy
         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  402-c to read as follows:
    3    S  402-C. NOTICE OF PRE-TERMINATION MEETING. 1. WHEN THE NEW YORK CITY
    4  HOUSING AUTHORITY MAILS NOTICE OF A PRE-TERMINATION MEETING TO A  HOUSE-
    5  HOLD HAVING AN AUTHORIZED OCCUPANT OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-TWO YEARS, SUCH
    6  AUTHORITY  SHALL INCLUDE WITH SUCH NOTICE A NOTIFICATION THAT THE TENANT
    7  LESSEE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER, OR HIS  OR
    8  HER  DESIGNEE,  TO  DISCUSS  THE  POSSIBLE  TERMINATION OF TENANCY. SUCH
    9  NOTICE SHALL BE MAILED TO SUCH HOUSEHOLDS BY CERTIFIED MAIL.
   10    2. THE PROPERTY MANAGER, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE,  SHALL  SCHEDULE  THE
   11  PRE-TERMINATION  MEETING NO MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF MAIL-
   12  ING OF THE NOTICE OF PRE-TERMINATION MEETING;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
   13  THE  MEETING  MAY OCCUR UP TO FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF MAILING IF
   14  SO REQUESTED BY A TENANT LESSEE. SUCH PRE-TERMINATION  NOTICE  SHALL  BE
   15  MAILED  AT LEAST FORTY-FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE DATE FIXED FOR A TERMINATION
   16  OF TENANCY HEARING BEFORE A HEARING OFFICER, EXCEPT THAT  THE  NEW  YORK
   17  CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY GIVE NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN DAYS NOTICE BEFORE
   18  THE  DATE  FIXED  FOR  A TERMINATION OF TENANCY HEARING BEFORE A HEARING
   19  OFFICER IF THE CHARGES ARE BASED ON NON-DESIRABILITY.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   21  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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