Senate Bill S8970

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the New York city housing authority to provide adequate and reliable internet service for all housing authority residents

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8970 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11039
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §402-f, amd §402-e, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1586, A3742
2023-2024: S3098, A4715

2019-S8970 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city housing authority to provide adequate and reliable internet service for all housing authority residents.

2019-S8970 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8970
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             September 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New
   York city housing authority to provide adequate and reliable  internet
   service for all housing authority residents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
 402-f to read as follows:
   §  402-F.  NYCHA INTERNET SERVICE. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY
 (NYCHA) SHALL BE REQUIRED TO  PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  AND  RELIABLE  INTERNET
 SERVICE AT ALL NYCHA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED AT ANY
 TIME BY NYCHA RESIDENTS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section 402-e of the public housing law, as
 amended by chapter 47 of the  laws  of  2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  In order to ensure compliance and enforcement of the New York city
 housing authority's duty to provide heat, water,  electricity,  INTERNET
 SERVICE  and elevator service, the New York city housing authority shall
 publish information regarding reported disruptions in such services, the
 length of such disruptions and the  steps  taken  to  restore  services.
 Starting  on  May  first, two thousand twenty, the New York city housing
 authority shall publish such information on its website. For six  months
 after the original publication date, the New York city housing authority
 shall retain such information on its website.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17282-01-0

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