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Assembly Bill A1501

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits requiring that an individual have a court proceeding initiated against them in order to qualify for a rent arrears grant or ongoing rental assistance

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2025-A1501 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S913
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7219, S6844
2023-2024: A5512, S2944

2025-A1501 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits requiring that an individual have a court proceeding initiated against them in order to qualify for a rent arrears grant or ongoing rental assistance.

2025-A1501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1501
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DE LOS SANTOS, ZINERMAN, RAGA, COLTON
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting  the
   requirement  that  a  court  proceeding  has been initiated against an
   individual in order for such individual to qualify for a rent  arrears
   grant or ongoing rental assistance
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131 of the  social  services  law,  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PROOF OF
 A  COURT  PROCEEDING  THAT  HAS  BEEN INITIATED AGAINST THE APPLICANT OR
 RECIPIENT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO QUALIFY FOR EMERGENCY  ASSISTANCE  TO
 COVER  RENT  ARREARS  OR  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  TO  PROVIDE ONGOING RENTAL
 SUPPORT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02398-01-5

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