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Senate Bill S8268

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to earned income contributions by homeless families receiving temporary housing assistance in Westchester county

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2025-S8268 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8509
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L

2025-S8268 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the requirement that any earned income from a homeless family in Westchester county receiving temporary housing assistance be applied to room and board, or to eliminate a need for temporary housing assistance, or as a condition to receive temporary housing assistance.

2025-S8268 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8268 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8268
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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  earned  income
   contributions by homeless families receiving temporary housing assist-
   ance  in  Westchester  county;  and  providing  for the repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  131-a  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION
 TO THE CONTRARY, A HOMELESS FAMILY  HOUSEHOLD  WITH  DEPENDENT  CHILDREN
 APPLYING  FOR  OR  RECEIVING TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN WESTCHESTER
 COUNTY SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY EARNED INCOME TO ROOM AND
 BOARD, OR TO ELIMINATE THEIR NEED FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING  ASSISTANCE,  OR
 AS A CONDITION TO RECEIVE TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FROM SUCH PROVID-
 ER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY WESTCHESTER COUNTY PROVID-
 ER  OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR SHORT-TERM HOUSING SHALL INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A FAMILY SHELTER, A HOTEL,  AN  EMERGENCY  APART-
 MENT, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, OR A TRANSITIONAL UNIT.
   (B) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS PERMITTING THE STATE
 TO REIMBURSE WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMI-
 LIES  WITH EARNED INCOME AT A RATE OF LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, AND
 SHALL BE TREATED AS IF WESTCHESTER COUNTY WERE STILL OBTAINING  CONTRIB-
 UTIONS FROM THESE HOUSEHOLDS.
   (C)  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS CREATING ANY ADDI-
 TIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO PROVIDE  TEMPORARY  HOUSING
 ASSISTANCE OR SHORT-TERM HOUSING.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11612-01-5

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