Bill Text: NY S07215 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires new homeless shelters to conduct a public hearing in the community where the proposed shelter is to be located before being sited.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-12-31 - approval memo.72 [S07215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07215-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7215--A

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sens. SAVINO, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- commit-
          tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
          mitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation to requiring new homeless shelters conduct a  public  hearing
          in  the  community  where the proposed shelter is to be located before
          being sited

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

     1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
     2  by adding a new section 21-324 to read as follows:
     3    § 21-324 Community involvement. a. Notwithstanding any other provision
     4  of law to the contrary, the department shall establish a process for the
     5  siting of new homeless shelters for adults, other than short-term  emer-
     6  gency homeless shelters.
     7    b.  The  process  developed by the department under this section shall
     8  include conducting at least one public hearing on the siting of any  new
     9  homeless  shelter.  Such  public hearings shall be held in the community
    10  district in which such proposed homeless shelter is to be located.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    12  law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
    13  rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
    14  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
    15  effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11554-03-0