Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 17, 2020 |
signed chap.125 |
Jun 05, 2020 |
delivered to governor |
May 28, 2020 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.58 substituted for a10522 referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 27, 2020 |
ordered to third reading cal.670 |
May 26, 2020 |
reported and committed to rules reported and committed to finance |
May 25, 2020 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S8419
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th 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) 47th Senate District
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2019-S8419 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S8419 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8419 SPONSOR: KAVANAGH TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to enacting the "emergency rent relief act of 2020" to establish an interim residential rent relief program; and to provide for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE: To provide emergency rent relief to tenants who experienced an increase in rent burden because of a loss of income as a result of the COVOD-19 pandemic SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020 would provide rental assistance vouchers to landlords on behalf of tenants who experienced an increase in rent burden because of a loss of income as a result of the COVOD-19 pandemic through Homes and Community Renewal. The spending cap is up to
2019-S8419 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8419 I N S E N A T E May 25, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT in relation to enacting the "emergency rent relief act of 2020" to establish an interim residential rent relief program; and to provide for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "emergency rent relief act of 2020". § 2. 1. For the purposes of this act: a. "Coverage period" shall mean April 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020. b. "Eligible household" shall mean a household (i) with an income below 80 percent of the area median income, as adjusted for family size, both prior to March 7, 2020 and at the time of application; (ii) with a rent burden both prior to March 7, 2020 and at the time of application; and (iii) has lost income during the coverage period. c. "Income" shall mean income from all sources of each member of the household, including all wages, tips, overtime, salary, recurring gifts, returns on investments, welfare assistance, social security payments, child support payments, unemployment benefits, any benefit, payment or cash grant whose purpose is to assist with rental payments, any payments whose purpose is to replace lost income, and any other government bene- fit or cash grant. The term "income" shall not include: employment income from children under eighteen years of age, employment income from children eighteen years of age or older who are full-time students, foster care payments, sporadic gifts, groceries provided by persons not living in the household, supplemental nutrition assistance program bene- fits, earned income disallowance, or the earned income tax credit. d. "Fair market rent" shall mean the fair market rent for each rental area as promulgated annually by the United States department of housing and urban development's office of policy development and research pursu- ant to 42 USC 1437f. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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