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May 09, 2023 | referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 30, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Jan 25, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
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Jan 09, 2023 | referred to housing, construction and community development |
senate Bill S936
Sponsored By
Jamaal T. Bailey
(D) 36th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
S936 (ACTIVE) - Details
S936 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S936 SPONSOR: BAILEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires statewide housing authorities, in reviewing applicants, to grant domestic violence survivors the same preference as granted other prioritized populations, should the authority establish waiting list preferences. Establishes a standardized definition of domestic violence when determining applicant eligibility for the preferred population. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the public housing law by adding a new section 62 that adds domestic violence survivors to the waiting lists priorities for public housing.
S936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 936 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, ADDABBO, KRUEGER, MANNION, MYRIE, RIVERA, SKOUFIS -- 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 uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors apply- ing for public housing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 62 to read as follows: § 62. WAITING LIST PRIORITIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 1. WHERE A LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTABLISHES APPLICANT PREFERENCES ON THEIR WAITING LIST, APPLICANTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME PRIORITY AS OTHER DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS, SUCH AS THE DISA- BLED, THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS, WHERE THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: (A) WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IF HE OR SHE CONTINUES TO LIVE IN CURRENT RESIDENCE; OR (B) HAS LEFT THE RESIDENCE DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IS NOT LIVING IN STANDARD PERMANENT REPLACEMENT HOUSING. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW. 3. FOR APPLICANTS ON THE WAITING LIST WITH THE SAME PREFERENCE STATUS, LOCAL PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES SHALL SELECT APPLICANTS USING THE DATE AND TIME OF APPLICATION, GIVING PRIORITY TO APPLICATIONS IN THE ORDER OF WHICH THEY ARE RECEIVED. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to local housing authorities upon the addition of any person to any of the authority's waiting lists. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00206-01-3
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