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Senate Bill S3597

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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2021-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §21-325, NYC Ad Cd; amd §156, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8325
2023-2024: S2751
2025-2026: S4968

2021-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown.

2021-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3597
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY, BENJAMIN, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
   public  housing  law,  in  relation  to  establishing a presumption of
   eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-es-
   sential business shutdown
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 21-325 to read as follows:
   § 21-325 PRESUMPTION OF ELIGIBILITY; NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS  SHUTDOWN.
 A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEEM ANY APPLICANT WHO IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED DUE
 TO  A  NON-ESSENTIAL  BUSINESS  SHUTDOWN AN ELIGIBLE HOMELESS PERSON FOR
 PURPOSES OF TEMPORARY SHELTER PLACEMENT PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH
 APPLICANTS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO AN ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION
 PROCESS AT A DEPARTMENT INTAKE FACILITY PRIOR TO  BEING  ADMITTED  TO  A
 TEMPORARY SHELTER PLACEMENT.
   B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS SHUTDOWN"
 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. 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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