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Assembly Bill A5203

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the department of homeless services to maintain a facility for processing requests for shelter

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2009-A5203 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing

2009-A5203 - Summary

Requires the department of homeless services to maintain a facility for processing applications for shelter.

2009-A5203 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5203

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Housing

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to requiring the department of homeless services to  maintain
  an intake center in Manhattan

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

  Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
by adding a new section 21-316 to read as follows:
  S  21-316.  INTAKE  FOR  SINGLE  MEN.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A
FACILITY IN MANHATTAN, WHICH SHALL BE  OPEN  TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS  A  DAY,
SEVEN  DAYS  A WEEK, TO ACCEPT AND PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR SHELTER FROM
SINGLE HOMELESS MEN. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN THE  PROCESS  OF  APPLYING
FOR  SHELTER AS OF TEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING ON THE DAY SUCH INDIVIDUAL
SOUGHT SHELTER SHALL BE PROVIDED TEMPORARY SHELTER  PLACEMENT  FOR  THAT
NIGHT,  AT  THAT FACILITY. THE FACILITY SHALL HAVE A GREATER CAPACITY TO
SHELTER SINGLE HOMELESS MEN THAN ANY OTHER INTAKE FACILITY IN THE CITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06650-01-9

2009-A5203A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing

2009-A5203A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of homeless services to maintain a facility for processing applications for shelter.

2009-A5203A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5203--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CAMARA, CASTRO, BARRON -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Housing --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to requiring the department of homeless services to  maintain
  an intake center in Manhattan

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

  Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
by adding a new section 21-316 to read as follows:
  S  21-316.  INTAKE  FOR  SINGLE  MEN.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A
FACILITY IN MANHATTAN, SOUTH OF NINETY-SIXTH STREET AND AS PROXIMATE  AS
POSSIBLE   TO   MAJOR   TRANSPORTATION  CENTERS,  WHICH  SHALL  BE  OPEN
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN  DAYS  A  WEEK,  TO  ACCEPT  AND  PROCESS
REQUESTS  FOR SHELTER FROM SINGLE HOMELESS MEN.  THE FACILITY SHALL HAVE
SHELTER BEDS ON-SITE AND SHALL BE OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL  LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OCCUPANCY LIMITATIONS FOR NEW
FACILITIES.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06650-03-9

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