Assembly Bill A3583

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant homeless domestic violence victims the same preference as granted the homeless

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A3583 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3767
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402-b, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7268, S4558
2019-2020: S4068
2021-2022: S817
2023-2024: S2918
2025-2026: S6469

2017-A3583 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant homeless domestic violence victims the same preference as granted the homeless.

2017-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

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