Assembly Bill A10630

                             
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                                   10630
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 6, 2022
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jean-Pierre)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT to amend subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
   establishing the "COVID-19  Emergency  Rental  Assistance  Program  of
   2021",  in  relation  to  reports by the commissioner of the office of
   temporary and disability assistance for such program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 14 of section 1 of subpart A of part BB of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2021,  establishing  the  "COVID-19  Emergency  Rental
 Assistance Program of 2021", is amended to read as follows:
   §  14.  Reports  by  the commissioner. The office shall be required to
 report and post information on their website, and update  such  informa-
 tion at least monthly beginning 30 days from when the commissioner makes
 an application for the program available. Such information shall include
 but not be limited to:
   (a)  the  number of municipal recipients that choose to participate in
 the statewide program;
   (b) the number of eligible households that received  assistance  under
 this  title,  including  the particular category of assistance which was
 provided;
   (c) THE BREAKDOWN OF APPLICATIONS FOR  EACH  ZIP  CODE  INCLUDING  THE
 TOTAL NUMBER OF APPROVED APPLICATIONS; THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DENIED APPLI-
 CATIONS;  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS; AND THE TOTAL
 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT ARE AWAITING PROCESSING OR ARE PENDING;
   (D) the average amount of  funding  provided  per  eligible  household
 receiving assistance; [and]
   [(d)] (E) the number of households that applied for assistance; AND
   (F)  THE  BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT ALLOCATED BY ZIP CODE,
 TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT COMMITTED BUT NOT YET RELEASED BY ZIP CODE, AND THE
 TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT REMAINING AVAILABLE; AND
   (G) IDENTIFICATION OF ZIP CODES WITH THE HIGHEST  NEED  FOR  EMERGENCY
 RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15443-05-2
              

 A. 10630                            2
 
   §  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 6 of section 1 of subpart A of part BB
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, establishing the "COVID-19  Emergency
 Rental Assistance Program of 2021", is amended to read as follows:
   5. Upon receipt of an application [and to the extent practicable], the
 commissioner  shall  make  available  a  means  by  which an application
 submitted by a tenant, a landlord, or both jointly  can  be  tracked  by
 either  the  tenant  or  the  landlord, regardless of who submitted such
 application. APPLICATION INFORMATION THAT MAY BE TRACKED  SHALL  INCLUDE
 WHETHER  AN  APPLICATION IS DEEMED INCOMPLETE OR DOCUMENTS ARE UNABLE TO
 BE VERIFIED. IF AN APPLICATION IS DEEMED  INCOMPLETE,  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL NOTIFY THE TENANT AND LANDLORD WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIVING THE
 APPLICATION  AND PROVIDE ACTION REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION. IF
 ANY APPLICATION DOCUMENTS CANNOT BE  VERIFIED,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 NOTIFY  THE  TENANT  AND  LANDLORD  WITHIN  THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIVING THE
 APPLICATION AND PROVIDE ACTION REQUIRED TO VALIDATE THE DOCUMENTS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to  subpart A of   part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2021 made by sections one and two of this act shall not affect the expi-
 ration of such subpart and shall be deemed repealed therewith.