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Assembly Bill A9973

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting homeless shelters from denying shelter to a person because the person is considered to have other housing available

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2017-A9973 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6648
2021-2022: A4966

2017-A9973 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits homeless shelters from denying shelter to a person because the person is considered to have other housing available unless the department of social services determines that such other housing is actually available, would not cause overcrowding, or put any person at unreasonable health or safety risk.

2017-A9973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9973
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to homeless persons
   seeking shelter
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (k) of section 17 of the social services law,
 as relettered by of chapter 424 of  the  laws  of  2017,  is  relettered
 subdivision (l).
   §  2. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision (k) to read as follows:
   (K) ENSURE THE FOLLOWING: (I) THAT  NO  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  OR
 ESTABLISHED  OR  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR  OF  AN  EMERGENCY  SHELTER  DENIES
 SERVICES TO A PERSON SEEKING SHELTER ON  THE  GROUNDS  THAT  THE  PERSON
 SEEKING SHELTER HAS OTHER HOUSING AVAILABLE UNLESS THE PROPERTY OWNER OR
 TENANT,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-F OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY LAW, MAKES AN AFFIRMATIVE DECLARATION THAT THE  PERSON  SEEKING
 SHELTER IS WELCOME TO STAY WITH SUCH PROPERTY OWNER OR TENANT; (II) THAT
 SUCH OCCUPANCY WILL NOT RESULT IN A SITUATION WHERE ANY PERSON OCCUPYING
 THE  HOME  HAS  FEWER THAN EIGHTY SQUARE FEET OF LIVABLE AREA; AND (III)
 THAT SUCH OCCUPANCY WOULD NOT PUT ANY PERSON STAYING IN THE HOME  AT  AN
 UNREASONABLE HEALTH OR SAFETY RISK.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
 before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11243-02-8

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