Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Jan 30, 2021 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S3598
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) 20th Senate District
2021-S3598 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Public Housing Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §156, Pub Hous L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S8324
2021-S3598 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3598 SPONSOR: BAILEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown PURPOSE:: The purpose of this bill is to amend the public housing law to establish a presumption of eligibility for public housing for those individuals who lost their employment due to the government's shutdown of virtually all public activities due to the covid-19 pandemic. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:: Section one of this bill creates the aforesaid presumption. Section two sets forth the effective date.
2021-S3598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3598 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 Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 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. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07560-01-1
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