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Assembly Bill A6879

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the Department of Homeless Services to notify the affected community board prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless

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2015-A6879 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5275
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add ยง21-317, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6212, S2535
2019-2020: A4824, S7025
2021-2022: A8144, S2771
2023-2024: A3849, S1917
2025-2026: A308, S3884

2015-A6879 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the Department of Homeless Services to notify the affected community board prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless; requires written notification sixty days before the department enters into a contractual arrangement with a transitional housing provider or otherwise finalizes its decision to use or expand a location as transitional housing.

2015-A6879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6879

                       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 Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  requiring  the Department of Homeless Services to notify
  the affected community board prior to  locating  transitional  housing
  for the homeless

  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 21-317 to read as follows:
  S  21-317  COMMUNITY  NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 1. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT
INTENDS TO USE A NEW LOCATION AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR ELIGIBLE HOME-
LESS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, OR  EXPAND  AN  EXISTING  LOCATION  WHERE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS PROVIDED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE NOTIFI-
CATION  IN  WRITING TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT IN
WHICH THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL BE LOCATED.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  BE
PROVIDED  AT  LEAST  SIXTY  DAYS  BEFORE  THE  DEPARTMENT  ENTERS INTO A
CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROVIDER  OR  OTHER-
WISE  FINALIZES ITS DECISION TO USE OR EXPAND A LOCATION AS TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING.
  2. THE NOTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE  THE  ADDRESS  OF  THE  TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HOUSED, THE NAME OF THE PERSON
OR  ENTITY OPERATING THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THE NAME OF ANY ORGANIZA-
TION, WHETHER FOR-PROFIT  OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT,  THAT  WILL  BE  PROVIDING
SERVICES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THE TYPE OF TRAN-
SITIONAL  HOUSING,  A DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED,
THE RATIONALE FOR CHOOSING SUCH LOCATION, AND  AN  APPROXIMATE  SCHEDULE
FOR WHEN SUCH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL BE USED OR EXPANDED.
  3. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY OPER-
ATED OR CONTRACTED FOR, BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, REGARDLESS OF
ITS SIZE AND CAPACITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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