Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A1494

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits New York city department of social services to participate in proceedings in housing part of civil court

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2009-A1494 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5297
Law Section:
New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง110, NYC Civ Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2967, S55
2013-2014: A3125, S796
2015-2016: A1395, S159
2017-2018: A7314, S1795, S7033
2019-2020: A676, S2326

2009-A1494 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York on its own motion or on the motion of a party to join the department of social services of the city of New York as a party in any action or proceeding wherein the failure of a recipient of or applicant for public assistance to pay rent is at issue; also permits the court to join the division of adult protective services of the city of New York, where appropriate.

2009-A1494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1494

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the
  participation of the department of social services of the city of  New
  York  in  certain  actions and proceedings in the housing part of such
  court

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision (d) of section 110 of the New York city civil
court act, as added by chapter 982 of the laws of 1972,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (d)  In any of the actions or proceedings specified in subdivision (a)
and  on  the application of any party, any city department or the court,
on its own motion, may join any other person or  city  department  as  a
party in order to effectuate proper housing maintenance standards and to
promote  the  public interest.   IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER APPLICATION OF
ITS POWERS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COURT MAY, ON THE APPLICATION  OF
ANY PARTY OR ON ITS OWN MOTION, JOIN AS A PARTY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES  OF  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN WHICH
THE PAYMENT OR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT BY A RECIPIENT OF  OR  APPLICANT  FOR
PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  PURSUANT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW IS AT ISSUE, AND
THE COURT MAY JOIN AS A PARTY THE DIVISION OF ADULT PROTECTIVE  SERVICES
OF  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHERE APPRO-
PRIATE.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and  shall  govern  any
action  or  proceeding pending in the housing part on the effective date
of this act, as well as actions and proceedings instituted thereafter.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00203-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.