Senate Bill S4068A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Grants domestic violence victims the same preference as granted to any other class of applicants

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to housing, construction and community development
Apr 12, 2019	print number 4068a
Apr 12, 2019	amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Feb 27, 2019	referred to housing, construction and community development

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2019-S4068 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10287
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §402-b, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4558
2017-2018: S3767
2021-2022: S817, A2646
2023-2024: S2918, A2542
2025-2026: S6469

2019-S4068 - Summary

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

2019-S4068 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4068

SPONSOR: BIAGGI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  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

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

Requires the New York City to grant homeless domestic granted the home-
lessHousing Authority, in reviewing applicants, violence victims the
same preference as

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the
public housing law to provide that residency in a city owned, operated
or contracted domestic violence shelter shall be treated the same a
residency in a city owned, operated or contracted homeless shelter, for
purposes of calculating an applicant's priority status for public hous-
ing

Section 2. Sets forth the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York City Housing Authority currently has a significant backlog
of qualified applicants for its available units, meaning that individ-
uals and families often wait years to obtain public housing.  Adding to
this delay is the fact that preference categories have been created to
move specific categories of applicants with particularly pressing hous-
ing needs to the top of the list. NYCHA has recently reinstated a top
N-0 priority for applicants who have spent more than a year in a New
York City homeless shelter. Domestic violence survivors are allowed to
count time spent in a city-owned domestic violence shelter toward the
one-year requirement, but not time spent in shelters operated by outside
non-profits. Because the city-owned domestic violence shelter has a six
month maximum length of stay, a resident or family would have to trans-
fer to a city homeless shelter for six months instead of a privately-op-
erated domestic violence shelter in order to qualify for N-0 status and
maximize their chance of obtaining public housing. No family should be
forced to choose between the security and vital services offered in a
domestic violence shelter and the chance to obtain permanent housing

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016 - This bill was S.4558/A. 7268 - Passed the Senate.
2017-2018 S.3767 committed to rules.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4068 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4068
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 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.
                                                            LBD09865-01-9

2019-S4068A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10287
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §402-b, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4558
2017-2018: S3767
2021-2022: S817, A2646
2023-2024: S2918, A2542
2025-2026: S6469

2019-S4068A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S4068A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4068A

SPONSOR: BIAGGI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  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

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

Requires the New York City to grant homeless domestic granted the home-
less Housing Authority, in reviewing applicants, violence victims the
same preference as

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the
public housing law to provide that residency in a city owned, operated
or contracted domestic violence shelter shall be treated the same a
residency in a city owned, operated or contracted homeless shelter, for
purposes of calculating an applicant's priority status for public hous-
ing

Section 2. Sets forth the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York City Housing Authority currently has a significant backlog
of qualified applicants for its available units, meaning that individ-
uals and families often wait years to obtain public housing.  Adding to
this delay is the fact that preference categories have been created to
move specific categories of applicants with particularly pressing hous-
ing needs to the top of the list.

NYCHA has recently reinstated a top N-0 priority for applicants who have
spent more than a year in a New York City homeless shelter.  Domestic
violence survivors are allowed to count time spent in a city-owned
domestic violence shelter toward the one-year requirement, but not time
spent in shelters operated by outside non-profits.  Because the city-
owned domestic violence shelter has a six-month maximum length of stay,
a resident or family would have to transfer to a city homeless shelter
for six months instead of a privately-operated domestic violence shelter
in order to qualify for N-0 status and maximize their chance of obtain-
ing public housing.

No family should be forced to choose between the security and vital
services offered in a domestic violence shelter and the chance to obtain
permanent housing.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016: S.4558/A. 7268 - Passed the Senate.
2017-2018: S.3767 - Committed to Rules.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4068A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4068--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community  Development  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 DOMES-
 TIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OR IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER LICENSED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL BE OFFERED AT THE HIGHEST
 PRIORITY LEVEL OFFERED TO ANY OTHER CLASS OF APPLICANTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09865-02-9

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2019-S4068A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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