Senate Bill S2080

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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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2023-S2080 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4716
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 29-A §1265, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7866, A10017
2019-2020: S4538, A4358
2021-2022: S3129, A3612

2023-S2080 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program which shall provide grants within amounts appropriated or otherwise available therefor to affordable independent senior housing properties to establish and operate resident assistance programs.

2023-S2080 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2080
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KAVANAGH,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  KENNEDY, KRUEGER, MAY,
   RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- 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 private housing finance law, in relation to estab-
   lishing an affordable independent senior housing assistance program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new
 article 29-A to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE XXIX-A
         AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 SECTION 1265. AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
   § 1265. AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM.  1.
 ESTABLISHMENT. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH,  SHALL  DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSIST-
 ANCE PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED  OR
 OTHERWISE  AVAILABLE  THEREFOR  TO AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING
 PROPERTIES TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE RESIDENT  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAMS.  THE
 GRANTS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   2.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A)  "AFFORDABLE  INDEPENDENT  SENIOR
 HOUSING  PROPERTY" SHALL MEAN APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES
 OCCUPIED BY INDIVIDUALS OVER SIXTY YEARS OF AGE, WHO LIVE  INDEPENDENTLY
 AND  AT  LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF WHOM HAVE A TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT
 DOES NOT EXCEED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME; AND
   (B) "RESIDENT ASSISTANCE" SHALL MEAN SUPPORT OFFERED TO  RESIDENTS  OF
 AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TO HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY
 LIVING BY EXTENDING INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.
   3.  ASSISTANCE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISION OF  SUCH  ASSIST-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05855-01-3
              

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