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Jul 16, 2020 | referred to housing |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Diana Richardson
Latoya Joyner
Robert C. Carroll
Jo Anne Simon
A10827 (ACTIVE) - Details
A10827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10827 I N A S S E M B L Y July 16, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Reyes) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT preventing evictions during the COVID-19 covered period THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Housing Stability and Displacement Prevention Act". § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a public health and economic crisis unparalleled by any in modern history. The State has lost over 30,000 of its citizens and more than 380,000 have been confirmed infected, a number which continues to escalate. A clear consensus of public health experts predicts subsequent waves of increasing infections, which could lead to graver consequences to public health and the economy than those that have occurred thus far. The lack of a cure or effective vaccine means there is no definitive endpoint to the harm from COVID-19 on the State. The legislature further finds and declares that housing instabil- ity and homelessness lead to worse health outcomes for individuals and in doing so worsen public health. The legislature further finds and declares that the COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant economic instabil- ity and job losses has worsened an existing housing crisis state-wide where millions of tenants were already rent-burdened, and millions of homeowners were already struggling to remain current on their mortgages. The existing housing crisis disproportionately impacts Black and Latinx individuals and communities. The legislature further finds and declares that the well-documented disproportionate impacts of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the housing crisis on communities of color are deeply connected to and rooted in systemic racism. The legislature further finds and declares that the State is presently in a state of emergency and extra ordinary measures have been implemented in all aspects of society to protect public health and welfare. The legislature further finds and declares that it is counterproductive to public health and welfare to allow evictions and foreclosures until the COVID-19 pandemic has passed and sufficient time has been provided for communities to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets