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

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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-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9139

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 11, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        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.
    24    §  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 6 of section 1 of subpart A of part BB
    25  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, establishing the "COVID-19  Emergency
    26  Rental Assistance Program of 2021", is amended to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15443-03-2
        S. 9139                             2

     1    5. Upon receipt of an application [and to the extent practicable], the
     2  commissioner  shall  make  available  a  means  by  which an application
     3  submitted by a tenant, a landlord, or both jointly  can  be  tracked  by
     4  either  the  tenant  or  the  landlord, regardless of who submitted such
     5  application.  Application  information that may be tracked shall include
     6  whether an application is deemed incomplete or documents are  unable  to
     7  be  verified.  If  an application is deemed incomplete, the commissioner
     8  shall notify the tenant and landlord within thirty days of receiving the
     9  application and provide action required to complete the application.  If
    10  any  application  documents  cannot  be verified, the commissioner shall
    11  notify the tenant and landlord  within  thirty  days  of  receiving  the
    12  application and provide action required to validate the documents.
    13    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    14  the amendments to subpart A of  part BB of chapter 56  of  the  laws  of
    15  2021 made by sections one and two of this act shall not affect the expi-
    16  ration of such subpart and shall be deemed repealed therewith.