Bill Text: NY S04558 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant homeless domestic violence victims the same preference as granted the homeless.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-25 - referred to housing [S04558 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04558-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4558
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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 preferences and
         priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the
         city of New York
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the
    2  public housing law, as added by chapter  3  of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (e)  All  prospective  public  housing  and Section 8 tenants shall be
    5  selected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the  New  York
    6  city housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and
    7  Section  8  laws  and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York
    8  city housing authority and each respective project  owner  shall  screen
    9  tenants  and  jointly  have  final approval over tenant selection all in
   10  accordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All prospec-
   11  tive public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list in  the
   12  order  in  which  they  applied  for  the size appropriate unit, subject
   13  however to preferences and priorities provided for in [the public  hous-
   14  ing  law]  THIS  CHAPTER  and  all  applicable  rules  and  regulations;
   15  PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT, ANY NEEDS BASED PRIORITY OR  PREFERENCE  OFFERED
   16  TO  APPLICANTS  BASED  ON  THEIR  RESIDENCE IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR
   17  CONTRACTED HOMELESS SHELTER MUST ALSO BE OFFERED EQUITABLY AND EVENLY TO
   18  APPLICANTS RESIDING IN A CITY OWNED,  OPERATED  OR  CONTRACTED  DOMESTIC
   19  VIOLENCE  SHELTER  OR  IN  A  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE SHELTER LICENSED BY THE
   20  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   21    S 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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