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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Housing

AN  ACT  to amend the public housing law, in relation to the standard of
  proof for determination of eligibility for public housing  based  upon
  remaining family member status

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

  Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
156-d to read as follows:
  S 156-D. DETERMINATION OF REMAINING FAMILY MEMBER STATUS. 1.  NOTWITH-
STANDING  ANY  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL IS A REMAINING FAMILY MEMBER  ENTITLED
TO  CONTINUED  OCCUPANCY OF A HOUSING UNIT SUPPLIED BY THE NEW YORK CITY
HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE STANDARD OF PROOF OF RESIDENCY BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL
FOR THE REQUISITE PERIOD SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  THE  STANDARD  REQUIRED  TO
DEMONSTRATE  RESIDENCY BY INDIVIDUALS OCCUPYING HOUSING UNITS OR HOUSING
ACCOMMODATIONS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTERS FOUR  AND  FIVE  OF
TITLE  TWENTY-SIX  OF  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED  FORTY-
SIX,  CONSTITUTING THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, AS AMENDED BY
CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED  EIGHTY-
FOUR OR CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FOUR,  CONSTITUTING THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINE-
TEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF  THE
LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR.
  2.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE INCOME THRESH-
OLD REQUIREMENTS FOR  DETERMINING  ELIGIBILITY  OF  A  REMAINING  FAMILY
MEMBER FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
applications for continued occupancy of a housing unit supplied  by  the
New  York city housing authority submitted to such authority on or after
January 1, 2011.

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

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