Bill Text: NY S09139 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires certain data in reports by the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance for the "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021"; requires the inclusion of the breakdown of applications for each zip code including the total number of approved applications; the total number of denied applications; the total number of incomplete applications; and the total number of applications that are awaiting processing or are pending in such report; provides for application information that may be tracked.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-27 - PRINT NUMBER 9139A [S09139 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09139-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9139--A

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 11, 2022
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        Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
          establishing the "COVID-19  Emergency  Rental  Assistance  Program  of
          2021",  in  relation  to  reports by the commissioner of the office of
          temporary and disability assistance for such program

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

     1    Section  1. Section 14 of section 1 of subpart A of part BB of chapter
     2  56 of the laws of 2021,  establishing  the  "COVID-19  Emergency  Rental
     3  Assistance Program of 2021", is amended to read as follows:
     4    §  14.  Reports  by  the commissioner. The office shall be required to
     5  report and post information on their website, and update  such  informa-
     6  tion at least monthly beginning 30 days from when the commissioner makes
     7  an application for the program available. Such information shall include
     8  but not be limited to:
     9    (a)  the  number of municipal recipients that choose to participate in
    10  the statewide program;
    11    (b) the number of eligible households that received  assistance  under
    12  this  title,  including  the particular category of assistance which was
    13  provided;
    14    (c) the breakdown of applications for  each  zip  code  including  the
    15  total number of approved applications; the total number of denied appli-
    16  cations;  the  total  number  of  incomplete applications; and the total
    17  number of applications that are awaiting processing or are pending;
    18    (d) the average amount of  funding  provided  per  eligible  household
    19  receiving assistance; [and]
    20    [(d)] (e) the number of households that applied for assistance; and
    21    (f)  the  breakdown of the total funding amount allocated by zip code,
    22  total funding amount committed but not yet released by zip code, and the
    23  total funding amount remaining available; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15443-04-2
        S. 9139--A                          2

     1    (g) identification of zip codes with the highest  need  for  emergency
     2  rental assistance.
     3    §  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 6 of section 1 of subpart A of part BB
     4  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, establishing the "COVID-19  Emergency
     5  Rental Assistance Program of 2021", is amended to read as follows:
     6    5. Upon receipt of an application [and to the extent practicable], the
     7  commissioner  shall  make  available  a  means  by  which an application
     8  submitted by a tenant, a landlord, or both jointly  can  be  tracked  by
     9  either  the  tenant  or  the  landlord, regardless of who submitted such
    10  application. Application information that may be tracked  shall  include
    11  whether  an  application is deemed incomplete or documents are unable to
    12  be verified. If an application is deemed  incomplete,  the  commissioner
    13  shall notify the tenant and landlord within thirty days of receiving the
    14  application  and provide action required to complete the application. If
    15  any application documents cannot be  verified,  the  commissioner  shall
    16  notify  the  tenant  and  landlord  within  thirty days of receiving the
    17  application and provide action required to validate the documents.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    19  the  amendments  to  subpart A of   part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of
    20  2021 made by sections one and two of this act shall not affect the expi-
    21  ration of such subpart and shall be deemed repealed therewith.