Assembly Actions -
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Dec 18, 2017 |
approval memo.51 signed chap.484 |
Dec 06, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
May 22, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
May 02, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.212 substituted for a4818 |
Apr 26, 2017 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 21, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 20, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 15, 2017 |
1st report cal.415 |
Feb 27, 2017 |
committee discharged and committed to housing, construction and community development |
Jan 17, 2017 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S2720
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) 19th Senate District
2017-S2720 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S2720 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2720 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to granting tenants, with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility, a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same building in projects operated by the New York city housing authority PURPOSE : Allows current mobility impaired tenants in NYCHA housing to move to a lower floor if a unit becomes available. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends Section 402 of the public housing law by adding a new subdivision 10 that gives preference to current tenants upon a vacancy in their project to move to a lower floor if the vacant unit is the same size or smaller, and they or any other legal occupant residing with the tenant have a disabling condition that affects mobility. If more the one individual would qualify to move, preference would be given to the tenant that has lived in the project the longest. JUSTIFICATION : On May 29, 2009 a fire at Carlton Manor, a public housing project in
2017-S2720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2720 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HAMILTON, COMRIE, PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to granting tenants, with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility, a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same building in projects operated by the New York city housing authority THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON THE VACANCY OF A DWELLING UNIT IN ANY PROJECT OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY, SUCH VACANT DWELLING UNIT SHALL FIRST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY TO ANY TENANT WITHIN THE SAME PROJECT WHO LIVES ON A HIGHER FLOOR THAN THE VACANT DWELLING UNIT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE VACANT DWELLING UNIT MUST BE THE SAME SIZE OR SMALLER THAN THE UNIT OCCUPIED BY SUCH TENANT, AND THE TENANT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OCCUPANT CURRENTLY RESIDING WITH THE TENANT HAS A DISABILITY, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, THAT AFFECTS MOBILITY. IF TWO OR MORE TENANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH VACANT APARTMENT, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS RESIDED IN THE PROJECT FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME. § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00692-01-7
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