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Assembly Bill A6881

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to community service requirements and job training opportunities associated with the New York city housing authority

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2015-A6881 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง402, Pub Hous L

2015-A6881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to community service requirements and job training opportunities associated with the New York city housing authority.

2015-A6881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6881

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 8, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to community service
  requirements and job training opportunities associated  with  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
two new subdivisions 10 and 11 to read as follows:
  10.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT RESIDENTS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO
PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE ARE AWARE OF ALL OPTIONS AVAILABLE BY DISPLAY-
ING A LIST OF QUALIFYING OPPORTUNITIES IN EACH FACILITY  AND  PUBLISHING
SUCH  OPPORTUNITIES  ON  THE  AUTHORITY'S  WEBSITE.  THE AUTHORITY SHALL
FURTHER ENSURE THAT AMONG THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR ECONOMIC  SELF-SUFFI-
CIENCY ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS, A FINANCIAL LITERACY COMPONENT
SHALL BE INCLUDED.
  11. THE AUTHORITY SHALL ENSURE THAT AMONG THE JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT
AND  CONTRACTING  OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS WHO QUALIFY UNDER
SECTION 3 OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1968, A  FINANCIAL
LITERACY COMPONENT SHALL BE INCLUDED.
  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.
                                                           LBD09862-01-5

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