Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 10, 2010 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 03, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 02, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 01, 2010 |
1st report cal.678 |
May 20, 2010 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S7898
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S7898 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7898 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7898 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to granting tenants, with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility, a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same building in projects operated by the New York city housing authority PURPOSE : Allows current mobility impaired tenants in NYCHA housing to move to a lower floor if a unit becomes available. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends Section 402 of the public housing law by adding a new subdivision 10 that gives preference to current tenants upon a vacancy in their project to move to a lower floor if the vacant unit is the same size or smaller, and they or a family member have a physically disabling condition that affects mobility. JUSTIFICATION : On May 29, 2009 a fire at Carlton Manor, a public housing project in Far Rockaway, resulted in the death of a woman who lived with and cared for her daughter who was confined to a wheelchair. The fire began in their apartment which was on the tenth floor. This death
2009-S7898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7898 I N S E N A T E May 20, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SMITH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to granting tenants, with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility, a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same building in projects operated by the New York city housing authority THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON THE VACANCY OF A DWELLING UNIT IN ANY PROJECT OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY, SUCH VACANT DWELLING UNIT SHALL FIRST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY TO ANY TENANT WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING WHO LIVES ON A HIGHER FLOOR THAN THE VACANT DWELLING UNIT, WHEN THE VACANT DWELLING UNIT IS THE SAME SIZE OR SMALLER THAN THE UNIT OCCUPIED BY SUCH TENANT, AND WHO HAS OR HAS A FAMILY MEMBER RESIDING WITH HIM OR HER, WHO HAS A PHYSICALLY DISABLING CONDITION THAT AFFECTS MOBILITY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD17367-02-0
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