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Senate Bill S5357

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Caps the monthly maximum payment for hotel rooms to house homeless persons

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2025-S5357 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §43-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9937

2025-S5357 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Caps the monthly maximum payment for hotel rooms to house homeless persons based upon the New York city housing authority Section 8 voucher payment standards.

2025-S5357 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5357
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  capping  the
   monthly maximum payment for hotel rooms to house homeless persons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 43-a to read as follows:
   §  43-A. CONTRACTING WITH HOTELS TO PROVIDE ROOMS AS SHELTER FOR HOME-
 LESS PERSONS; PAYMENT STANDARDS. 1. IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  MORE
 THAN ONE MILLION, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF ANY FEDERAL LAW, RULE
 OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  WHENEVER  THE  COMMISSIONER,  SOCIAL
 SERVICES AGENCY, OR A CONTRACTED ENTITY SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION FORTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE ENTERS INTO CONTRACTS WITH HOTELS TO
 PROVIDE  ROOMS AS SHELTER FOR HOMELESS PERSONS, THE DAILY MAXIMUM AMOUNT
 THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PAY UNDER A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE ROOMS FOR  HOMELESS
 PERSONS  SHALL  BE  EQUAL  TO  SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE NEW YORK CITY
 HOUSING AUTHORITY SECTION 8 VOUCHER PAYMENT STANDARD FOR A STUDIO APART-
 MENT PRO-RATED DAILY.
   2. IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE MILLION, NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING ANY PROVISION OF ANY FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRA-
 RY,  WHENEVER  THE COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY, OR A CONTRACTED
 ENTITY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FORTY-THREE OF THIS  ARTICLE
 ENTERS INTO CONTRACTS WITH HOTELS TO PROVIDE ROOMS AS SHELTER FOR MULTI-
 PLE  HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN A CONGREGATE ROOM, THE DAILY MAXIMUM AMOUNT
 THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PAY UNDER A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE ROOMS FOR  HOMELESS
 FAMILIES  SHALL  BE  EQUAL  TO SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE NEW YORK CITY
 HOUSING AUTHORITY SECTION 8 VOUCHER PAYMENT STANDARD FOR AN APARTMENT OF
 APPROPRIATE HOUSING OCCUPANCY PRO-RATED DAILY.
   3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO HOTELS CONTRACTED
 TO PROVIDE ROOMS FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES SOUTH OF NINETY-SIXTH  STREET  IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09500-01-5

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