Bill Text: NY S06990 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Incorporates provisions of the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program of 2021 into municipal corporation emergency rental assistance programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S06990 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06990-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6990

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN  ACT to amend subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
          constituting the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program  act  of
          2021, in relation to incorporating provisions of the COVID-19 emergen-
          cy  rental assistance program of 2021 into municipal corporation emer-
          gency rental assistance programs

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subpart  A  of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
     2  constituting the COVID-19 emergency rental  assistance  program  act  of
     3  2021, is amended by adding a new section 15 to read as follows:
     4    §  15. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a munici-
     5  pal corporation, as defined in subdivision 6 of section two of this act,
     6  by its chief executive officer may incorporate the provisions of section
     7  8, 9, 10 or 11 of this act into such municipal  corporation's  emergency
     8  rental   assistance  program.  Such  incorporated  provisions  shall  be
     9  enforceable in the same manner and the same extent as the provisions  of
    10  this act. References to the "commissioner" in any of such sections shall
    11  be deemed to be references to the chief executive officer of a municipal
    12  corporation operating a municipal corporation sponsored emergency rental
    13  assistance program.
    14    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    15  the amendments to subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021
    16  made by section one of this act shall not  affect  the  repeal  of  such
    17  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.


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