Senate Bill S817

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Grants domestic violence victims the same preference as granted to any other class of applicants

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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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2021-S817 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2646
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402-b, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4558
2017-2018: S3767
2019-2020: S4068, A10287
2023-2024: S2918, A2542

2021-S817 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant domestic violence victims the same preference as granted to any other class of applicants.

2021-S817 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S817 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    817
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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 preferences and
   priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the
   city of New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the
 public housing law, as added by chapter  3  of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (e)  All  prospective  public  housing  and Section 8 tenants shall be
 selected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the  New  York
 city housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and
 Section  8  laws  and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York
 city housing authority and each respective project  owner  shall  screen
 tenants  and  jointly  have  final approval over tenant selection all in
 accordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All prospec-
 tive public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list in  the
 order  in  which  they  applied  for  the size appropriate unit, subject
 however to preferences and priorities provided for in [the public  hous-
 ing  law]  THIS  CHAPTER  and  all  applicable  rules  and  regulations;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT, ANY PRIORITY OR PREFERENCE OFFERED TO APPLICANTS
 BASED ON THEIR RESIDENCE IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED  DOMES-
 TIC  VIOLENCE  SHELTER OR IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER LICENSED BY THE
 OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL BE OFFERED AT  THE  HIGHEST
 PRIORITY LEVEL OFFERED TO ANY OTHER CLASS OF APPLICANTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02862-01-1
              

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