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Assembly Bill A6586

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the department of homeless services to provide notice prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless in any hotel, motel or similar establishment

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2017-A6586 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §21-317, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1730

2017-A6586 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the department of homeless services to provide notice prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless in any hotel, motel or similar establishment; requires notification in writing to the local community board and to city, state and federal elected officials.

2017-A6586 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6586
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- 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 provide
   notice prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless in  any
   hotel, motel or similar establishment

   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:
   §  21-317  COMMUNITY  NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 1. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT
 INTENDS TO LOCATE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES OR INDIVID-
 UALS IN ANY HOTEL, MOTEL OR OTHER SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT, THE COMMISSION-
 ER SHALL PROVIDE NOTIFICATION IN WRITING TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD FOR  THE
 COMMUNITY DISTRICT IN WHICH THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL BE LOCATED AND
 TO  ALL  CITY,  STATE  AND  FEDERAL  ELECTED  OFFICIALS REPRESENTING THE
 DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL BE LOCATED. SUCH NOTICE
 SHALL BE PROVIDED AT LEAST FORTY-FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT  ENTERS
 INTO A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH A HOTEL, MOTEL OR SIMILAR ESTABLISH-
 MENT  OR OTHERWISE FINALIZES ITS DECISION TO USE OR EXPAND SUCH LOCATION
 AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
   2. THE NOTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE THE ADDRESS AND NAME OF  THE  PERSON
 OR  ENTITY  OPERATING  THE  HOTEL,  MOTEL  OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT, THE
 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HOUSED IN  SUCH  HOTEL,  MOTEL  OR  SIMILAR
 ESTABLISHMENT  AND  AN  APPROXIMATE  SCHEDULE FOR WHEN SUCH TRANSITIONAL
 HOUSING AT THE HOTEL, MOTEL OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT  WILL  BE  USED  OR
 EXPANDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09954-02-7

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