NY State Senate Bill S932A

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Feb 25, 2016	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 08, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.143 committee discharged and committed to rules print number 932a
Feb 08, 2016	amend and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
Jan 06, 2016	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly
May 19, 2015	referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate
May 18, 2015	ordered to third reading cal.706 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 07, 2015	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

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S932 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7811
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §156, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S5867
2013-2014: S1702
2017-2018: S1482, A3337
2019-2020: S234
2021-2022: S3945
2023-2024: S5719

S932 - Summary

Relates to veterans' eligibility for public housing; expands eligibility requirements to include veterans of the recent conflicts; requires granting of a preference for public housing to veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected disability.

S932 - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER:S932

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to
veterans' eligibility for public housing

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The legislation amends the eligibility provisions of the public
housing law to expand eligibility to veterans, and their surviving
spouses, who served or are serving in United States Armed Forces from
September 14, 2001 to December 31, 2016. The legislation also requires
public housing authorities to grant preference to eligible veterans or
families of veterans who have a military service related disability.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of
subdivision 1 of section 156 of the public housing law, as amended by
chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, by expanding the eligibility
requirements to veterans who served in the armed forces of the United
States for a period of at least six months between the fourteenth day
of September 2001 and the thirty-first day of December 2016.

Section 2 of the bill amends Section 156 of the public housing law by
adding a new subdivision 8 that will require public housing
authorities to grant a preference in the selection of tenants to

veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected
disability provided that such veterans or families of veterans
otherwise qualify for occupancy in such an authority's projects and
provided that the authority has complied with the provisions of
section 960.206 of title 24 of the code of federal regulations
relating to such preferences.

Section 3 provides for this act to take effect on the 120 day after it
becomes law.

JUSTIFICATION:

Under current public housing law, veterans who served during the
period covered by the VietNam War (19611975) are afforded specific
eligibility into public housing projects at income levels slightly
higher than the income levels set for the general public.  This
legislation will extend those eligibility provisions to veterans who
have served or are serving in the armed forces from September 14, 2001
through December 31, 2014 reflecting the period from the Joint
Resolution authorizing the use of force against those responsible for
the September 11th terrorist attacks through December 31, 2014 which
will hopefully coincide with the time that all United States armed
forces are no longer engaged in active combat duties.

This bill will also mandate that an admission preference be given to
veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected
disability provided they are otherwise eligible for admission as
tenants to a public housing project. Currently, public housing
authorities are authorized under federal law to implement various
admission preferences including an admission preference for veterans
and veterans' families. However, many public housing authorities,


including the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), have chosen not
include such preferences in their agency plans that must be submitted
to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for
approval.(1)

Given the incredible sacrifice, which is made by our military
personnel serving during a time of war, and which was made during
prior military conflicts, it seems more than appropriate that we
mandate and extend these specific eligibility provisions and
preferences to veterans and their families.

Men and women of the United States military have made, and continue to
willingly make, incredible personal sacrifices on behalf of this
country in terms of their own personal safety, the emotional and
financial well being of their families and their long-term futures.
During the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, many active
military personnel are currently serving their fourth, fifth and even
sixth tour of duty within the past several years. They face prolonged
periods away from their families and deal with daily anxiety about
their families' ability to cope with their absence on a financial as
well as personal level. Many soldiers serving are reservists who were
pulled from their families and established careers and must worry
daily about their family's financial stability and their own future.

Extension of the veterans' eligibility and preference provisions for
public housing will not take these soldiers out of harm's way, or
alleviate the suffering of those who served in prior conflicts, but it
will help to ease their concerns for their families' financial
futures. And just maybe this little bit of solace will help them
endure the difficulties that they face every day in their efforts to
protect us.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-12, S.5867

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND VOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the one hundred and twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.

FOOTNOTE {1} However, NYCHA, for example, has recently established
preferences for victims of domestic violence and other categories
including "substandard housing, homelessness, high mat burden, working
families and those unable to work because of age or disability and
residents who live and/or work in the jurisdiction" among others in
its PHA Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2011. (See
http://home2.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/ahout/agencvplan.shiml)

S932 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   932

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to veterans'  eligi-
  bility for public housing

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1  of  section
156  of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of
2006, is amended to read as follows:
  (1) have served in the armed forces of the United States for a  period
of  at  least  six months (or any shorter period which terminated due to
death or injury incurred in such service), provided some portion of  the
period  of  service was between the twenty-eighth day of February, nine-
teen hundred sixty-one to the  seventh  day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred
seventy-five,  OR  BETWEEN THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND
ONE TO THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, and
  S 2. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8.  AN  AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT A PREFERENCE IN THE SELECTION OF TENANTS
TO VETERANS  OR  FAMILIES  OF  VETERANS  WHO  HAVE  A  MILITARY  SERVICE
CONNECTED DISABILITY PROVIDED THAT SUCH VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS
OTHERWISE  QUALIFY  FOR  OCCUPANCY  IN  SUCH AN AUTHORITY'S PROJECTS AND
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH AUTHORITY HAS COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 960.206 OF TITLE 24 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS  RELATING
TO SUCH PREFERENCES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01954-01-5

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S932A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7811
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §156, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S5867
2013-2014: S1702
2017-2018: S1482, A3337
2019-2020: S234
2021-2022: S3945
2023-2024: S5719

S932A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S932A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S932A     REVISED MEMO 02/09/2016

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public housing law, in relation
to veterans' eligibility for public housing

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The legislation amends the eligibility provisions of the public
housing law to expand eligibility to veterans, and their surviving
spouses, who served or are serving in United States Armed Forces from
September 14, 2001 to December 31, 2017. The legislation also requires
public housing authorities to grant preference to eligible veterans or
families of veterans who have a military service related disability.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of
subdivision I of section 156 of the public housing law, as amended by
chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, by expanding the eligibility
requirements to veterans who served in the armed forces of the United
States for a period of at least six months between the fourteenth day
of September 2001 and the thirty-first day of December 2017.

Section 2 of the bill amends Section 156 of the public housing law by
adding a new subdivision 8 that will require public housing
authorities to grant a preference in the selection of tenants to

veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected
disability provided that such veterans or families of veterans
otherwise qualify for occupancy in such an authority's projects and
provided that the authority has complied with the provisions of
section 960.206 of title 24 of the code of federal regulations
relating to such preferences.

Section 3 provides for this act to take effect on the 120 day after it
becomes law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Under current public housing law, veterans who served during the
period covered by the Vietnam War (1961-1975) are afforded specific
eligibility into public housing projects at income levels slightly
higher than the income levels set for the general public. This
legislation will extend those eligibility provisions to veterans who
have served or are serving in the armed forces from September 14, 2001
through December 31, 2017 reflecting the period from the Joint
Resolution authorizing the use of force against those responsible for
the September 11th terrorist attacks through December 31, 2017 which
will hopefully coincide with the time that all United States armed
forces are no longer engaged in active combat duties.

This bill will also mandate that an admission preference be given to
veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected
disability provided they are otherwise eligible for admission as
tenants to a public housing project. Currently, public housing
authorities are authorized under federal law to implement various
admission preferences including an admission preference for veterans
and veterans' families. However, many public housing authorities,
including the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), have chosen not
include such preferences in their agency plans that must be submitted
to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for
approval. (1)

Given the incredible sacrifice, which is made by our military
personnel serving during a time of war, and which was made during
prior military conflicts, it seems more than appropriate that we

mandate and extend these specific eligibility provisions and
preferences to veterans and their families.

Men and women of the United States military have made, and continue to
willingly make, incredible personal sacrifices on behalf of this
country in terms of their own personal safety, the emotional and
financial well being of their families and their long-term futures.
During the present`conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, many active
military personnel are currently serving their fourth, fifth and even
sixth tour of duty within the past several years. They face prolonged
periods away from their families and deal with daily anxiety about
their families' ability to cope with their absence on a financial as
well as personal level. Many soldiers serving are reservists who were
pulled from their families and established careers and must worry
daily about their family's financial stability and their own future.

Extension of the veterans' eligibility and preference provisions for
public housing will not take these soldiers out of harm's way, or
alleviate the suffering of those who served in prior conflicts, but it
will help to ease their concerns for their families' financial
futures. And just maybe this little bit of solace will help them
endure the difficulties that they face every day in their efforts to
protect us.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015: S.932 - Passed Senate
2013-14: S1702 - Referred to Housing, Construction And Community
Development
2011-12: S.5867 - Referred To Veterans, Homeland Security And Military
Affairs

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
FOOTNOTE (1) However, NYCHA, for example, has recently established
preferences for victims of domestic violence and other categories
including "substandard housing, homelessness, high mat burden, working
families and those unable to work because of age or disability and
residents who live and/or work in the jurisdiction" among others in
its PHA Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2011. (See
http://home2.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/ahout/agencvplan.shiml)

S932A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 932--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
  land  Security and Military Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee on
  Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs  in  accordance  with
  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to veterans'  eligi-
  bility for public housing

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1  of  section
156  of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of
2006, is amended to read as follows:
  (1) have served in the armed forces of the United States for a  period
of  at  least  six months (or any shorter period which terminated due to
death or injury incurred in such service), provided some portion of  the
period  of  service was between the twenty-eighth day of February, nine-
teen hundred sixty-one to the  seventh  day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred
seventy-five,  OR  BETWEEN THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND
ONE TO THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, and
  S 2. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8.  AN  AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT A PREFERENCE IN THE SELECTION OF TENANTS
TO VETERANS  OR  FAMILIES  OF  VETERANS  WHO  HAVE  A  MILITARY  SERVICE
CONNECTED DISABILITY PROVIDED THAT SUCH VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS
OTHERWISE  QUALIFY  FOR  OCCUPANCY  IN  SUCH AN AUTHORITY'S PROJECTS AND
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH AUTHORITY HAS COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 960.206 OF TITLE 24 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS  RELATING
TO SUCH PREFERENCES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01954-02-6

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S932 - Bill Text download pdf

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S932 - Details

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S932 - Bill Text download pdf

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