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Senate Bill S8324

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown

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2019-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §156, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S3598

2019-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a presumption of eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown due to the coronavirus.

2019-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8324
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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 establishing a
   presumption of eligibility for housing for those who  lost  employment
   due to a non-essential business shutdown

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS
 CHAPTER,  ALL  AUTHORITIES  SHALL  DEEM  ANY  APPLICANT WHO IS NO LONGER
 EMPLOYED DUE TO A NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS SHUTDOWN AN ELIGIBLE PERSON FOR
 PURPOSES OF ADMISSION OR CONTINUED OCCUPANCY. SUCH APPLICANTS SHALL  NOT
 BE  REQUIRED  TO  UNDERGO  AN ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS PRIOR TO
 BEING ADMITTED TO OR PERMITTED TO CONTINUE OCCUPYING A PROJECT.
   B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS SHUT-
 DOWN" SHALL MEAN A BUSINESS INTERRUPTION DURING A PERIOD OF  A  DECLARED
 STATE  EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC
 WHICH RESULTED IN A PERSON LOSING EMPLOYMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16184-01-0

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