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Senate Bill S7578

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the NYC housing authority to provide a notice of termination meeting to an adult member of a household having an occupant age 62 or older

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2013-S7578 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง402-c, Pub Hous L

2013-S7578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the NYC housing authority to provide a notice of termination meeting to an adult member of a household having an occupant age 62 or older.

2013-S7578 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7578

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 requiring the New
  York  city  housing  authority  to provide senior citizen tenants with
  adequate notice of meeting prior to termination

  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
402-c to read as follows:
  S 402-C. NOTICE OF MEETING PRIOR TO TERMINATION OF  TENANCY.  THE  NEW
YORK  CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHENEVER IT SERVES A NOTICE OF TERMINATION
OF TENANCY ON A HOUSEHOLD HAVING A LEGAL OCCUPANT OF RECORD OVER THE AGE
OF SIXTY-TWO YEARS, SHALL INCLUDE WITH SUCH NOTICE A  NOTIFICATION  THAT
THE  TENANT  OR TENANTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH AN APPROPRIATE
PROJECT MANAGER OR AGENT THEREOF TO DISCUSS THE TERMINATION OF  TENANCY.
A  PROJECT  MANAGER  OF  THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY OR AN AGENT
THEREOF SHALL ATTEMPT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE TENANT  OR  TENANTS
WITHIN  SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF TENANCY IS SERVED.
NONE OF THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  CONSTRUED  TO
CREATE  ANY  DEFENSE  BY  SUCH  TENANT OR TENANTS TO SUCH TERMINATION IN
ADDITION TO THOSE OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13883-04-4

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