Senate Bill S4561A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4561 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5649
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17, Soc Serv L; amd §16-gg, UDC Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9030
2021-2022: S3593, A8552

2023-S4561 - Summary

Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.

2023-S4561 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4561 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4561
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing inter-
   net access to all individuals residing in temporary  housing;  and  to
   amend  the  New  York  state  urban  development  corporation  act, in
   relation to the ConnectAll  digital  equity grant program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (k) of section 17 of the social services law,
 as relettered by chapter 424 of the laws of 2017, is relettered subdivi-
 sion (l) and a new subdivision (k) is added to read as follows:
   (K) REQUIRE THAT ALL TEMPORARY HOUSING FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE  UNIN-
 TERRUPTED  ACCESS  TO  HIGH-SPEED  BROADBAND  INTERNET  SERVICE AND WIFI
 SERVICE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN SUCH TEMPORARY HOUSING.  THE WIFI
 SERVICE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT ALL PRIVATE AND COMMON  AREAS
 ACCESSIBLE  TO  RESIDENTS.  SUCH WIFI SERVICE MUST BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH
 PERSONAL DEVICES OF THE RESIDENTS.  THE  WIFI  SERVICE  SIGNAL  STRENGTH
 SHALL  BE  CONSISTENT  AND SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SIMULTANEOUS USE BY ALL
 RESIDENTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "HIGH-SPEED BROAD-
 BAND INTERNET SERVICE" MEANS INTERNET SERVICE WITH DOWNLOAD SPEEDS OF AT
 LEAST ONE GIGABIT PER SECOND AND UPLOAD SPEEDS OF AT LEAST  ONE  GIGABIT
 PER SECOND, OR IF SUCH SPEEDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THE MAXIMUM DOWNLOAD AND
 UPLOAD  SPEEDS  COMMERCIALLY  AVAILABLE WITHIN THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT, UNLESS A PLAN WITH  LOWER  SPEEDS  IS  DEEMED  SUFFICIENT  AND
 APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF BROADBAND ACCESS OF THE NEW YORK STATE URBAN
 DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION,  AND  THE  TERM "WIFI SERVICE" MEANS ACCESS TO
 HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET THROUGH WIRELESS ROUTER WHICH CONNECTS  TO
 THE INTERNET BY WIRE OR CABLE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, TEMPO-
 RARY  HOUSING  SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SHELTERS FOR ADULTS,
 SHELTERS FOR ADULT FAMILIES, SMALL-CAPACITY SHELTERS, SHELTERS FOR FAMI-
 LIES WITH CHILDREN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  SHELTERS,  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05533-01-3
              

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2023-S4561A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5649
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17, Soc Serv L; amd §16-gg, UDC Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9030
2021-2022: S3593, A8552

2023-S4561A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.

2023-S4561A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4561A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4561--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GONZALEZ, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, GIANARIS,
   GOUNARDES,  HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KENNEDY, MYRIE,
   RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice  and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Social  Services  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing inter-
   net  access  to  all individuals residing in temporary housing; and to
   amend the  New  York  state  urban  development  corporation  act,  in
   relation to the ConnectAll  digital  equity grant program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (k) of section 17 of the social  services  law,
 as relettered by chapter 424 of the laws of 2017, is relettered subdivi-
 sion (l) and a new subdivision (k) is added to read as follows:
   (K) REQUIRE THAT ALL TEMPORARY HOUSING FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS
 TO  HIGH-SPEED  BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE AND WIFI SERVICE TO ALL INDI-
 VIDUALS RESIDING IN SUCH TEMPORARY HOUSING.  THE WIFI SERVICE  SHALL  BE
 MADE  AVAILABLE  IN  PRIVATE  AND  COMMON AREAS ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS.
 SUCH SHELTER SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE ROUTER AND AT LEAST ONE  MODEM,  OR
 ANY  TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT THAT PERFORMS THE FUNCTION OF PROVIDING AN
 AREA WITH HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE.   FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE" MEANS
 INTERNET SERVICE WITH DOWNLOAD SPEEDS OF AT LEAST ONE GIGABIT PER SECOND
 AND  UPLOAD SPEEDS OF AT LEAST ONE GIGABIT PER SECOND, OR IF SUCH SPEEDS
 ARE NOT AVAILABLE THE MAXIMUM DOWNLOAD AND  UPLOAD  SPEEDS  COMMERCIALLY
 AVAILABLE  WITHIN  THE  LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.   THE TERM "WIFI
 SERVICE" MEANS ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET THROUGH  WIRELESS
 ROUTER WHICH CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET BY WIRE OR CABLE.  FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, TEMPORARY HOUSING SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 SHELTERS  FOR  ADULTS, SHELTERS FOR ADULT FAMILIES, SMALL-CAPACITY SHEL-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05533-04-3
              

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