S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4537
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. COOK, TITUS, MOSLEY, CRESPO, BLAKE, WALKER,
WRIGHT -- 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 limiting the number of shelters in council districts
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 21-315.1 to read as follows:
§ 21-315.1 LIMITS ON SHELTER CAPACITY OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS. A. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
MEANINGS:
1. "CAPACITY" SHALL MEAN THE NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS PROVIDED FOR INDI-
VIDUAL HOMELESS SINGLE ADULTS AND THE NUMBER OF SHELTER UNITS PROVIDED
FOR HOMELESS ADULT FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
2. "SHELTER" SHALL MEAN TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING PROVIDED TO HOME-
LESS ADULTS, ADULT FAMILIES, AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN BY THE DEPART-
MENT OR A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPART-
MENT.
B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL LIMIT THE SHELTER CAPACITY OF EACH COUNCIL
DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT OF
THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY OF THE BOROUGH WHERE SUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS
LOCATED. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT RENEW ANY SHELTER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR
AGREEMENT IF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT WHERE SUCH SHELTER IS LOCATED HAS MORE
THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY OF THE BOROUGH WHERE
SUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS LOCATED.
§ 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08047-01-9