Provides that, for purposes of veterans seeking to qualify for public housing, "probable aggregate annual income" shall not include disability benefits paid by federal government to veterans for service-connected disabilities; provides that such disability benefits shall not be included in computing any surcharge against such veterans.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7670
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 4, 2025
___________
Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the exclusion of
veterans' disability benefits from computation of income
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. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PROBABLE AGGREGATE ANNUAL
INCOME SHALL NOT INCLUDE DISABILITY BENEFITS PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT TO A VETERAN FOR A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY NOR SHALL SUCH
DISABILITY BENEFITS BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING ANY SURCHARGE AGAINST SUCH
VETERAN.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04130-01-5
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