Bill Text: NY S08324 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a presumption of eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown due to the coronavirus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-11 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S08324 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08324-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8324 IN SENATE May 11, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. a. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this 4 chapter, all authorities shall deem any applicant who is no longer 5 employed due to a non-essential business shutdown an eligible person for 6 purposes of admission or continued occupancy. Such applicants shall not 7 be required to undergo an eligibility determination process prior to 8 being admitted to or permitted to continue occupying a project. 9 b. For the purposes of this subdivision, "non-essential business shut- 10 down" shall mean a business interruption during a period of a declared 11 state emergency due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 12 which resulted in a person losing employment. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16184-01-0
