Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 30, 2018 | enacting clause stricken |
Jan 03, 2018 | referred to housing |
Jan 27, 2017 | referred to housing |
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
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Jo Anne Simon
Michael G. Miller
Carmen E. Arroyo
Michael Blake
Multi-Sponsors
Deborah Glick
A3583 (ACTIVE) - Details
A3583 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3583 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, SIMON, M. G. MILLER, ARROYO, BLAKE, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, RICHARDSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to preferences and priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the public housing law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: (e) All prospective public housing and Section 8 tenants shall be selected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the New York city housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and Section 8 laws and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York city housing authority and each respective project owner shall screen tenants and jointly have final approval over tenant selection all in accordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All prospec- tive public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list in the order in which they applied for the size appropriate unit, subject however to preferences and priorities provided for in [the public hous- ing law] THIS CHAPTER and all applicable rules and regulations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT, ANY PRIORITY OR PREFERENCE OFFERED TO APPLICANTS BASED ON THEIR RESIDENCE IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED HOME- LESS SHELTER MUST ALSO BE OFFERED EQUITABLY AND EVENLY TO APPLICANTS RESIDING IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHEL- TER OR IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08073-01-7