NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8311

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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May 30, 2025	referred to housing, construction and community development

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8412
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §402-h, Pub Hous L

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties.

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8311

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to succession rights
for New York city housing authority properties

 
PURPOSE:

This bill seeks to ensure that family members and other individuals with
established emotional and financial ties to tenants of NYCHA properties
are granted succession rights. It mandates the New York City Housing
Authority to establish clear and fair procedures allowing such individ-
uals to succeed tenancy upon the tenant's permanent departure.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill amends the public housing law by requiring the New York City
Housing Authority (NYCHA) to establish clear, codified procedures for
determining succession rights in its housing units. It defines the cate-
gories of individuals who may be eligible for succession-such as family

members, caregivers, and others with demonstrable emotional and finan-
cial ties to the tenant of record-and sets forth criteria for establish-
ing these ties. The legislation directs NYCHA to adopt fair and trans-
parent processes to review succession claims and ensure due process for
applicants seeking to remain in their homes after the tenant of record
has permanently vacated the unit.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, many long-term household members residing in NYCHA properties
lack clear, codified rights to remain in their homes when the tenant of
record leaves or passes away. This can result in eviction, displacement,
and unnecessary hardship, especially for vulnerable populations such as
seniors, disabled individuals, and those in familial or interdependent
relationships.

This legislation would ensure fairness, prevent homelessness, and
reflect the realities of modern family structures by formalizing
succession rights. By doing so, the bill enhances housing stability for
thousands of New Yorkers while establishing a transparent process
balancing the needs of tenants and NYCHA management.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:.
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8311
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 succession rights
   for New York city housing authority properties

   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
 402-h to read as follows:
   §  402-H.  SUCCESSION  RIGHTS.  1. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY
 SHALL ADOPT  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  ALLOWING  INDIVIDUALS  TO  CLAIM
 SUCCESSION  RIGHTS TO PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS IN PROPERTIES OWNED AND OPER-
 ATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY UPON THE PERMANENT DEPARTURE
 OR DEATH OF THE TENANT OF RECORD FROM THE UNIT.
   2. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH  WRITTEN  POLI-
 CIES  AND  PROCEDURES FOR ASSERTING SUCCESSION RIGHTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE,  AND  LOCAL  LAWS,  REGU-
 LATIONS, AND GUIDANCE.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL LIMIT, PREVENT, OR
 PROHIBIT  THE  NEW  YORK HOUSING AUTHORITY FROM MAINTAINING AND UPDATING
 SUCH WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS  OF
 APPLICABLE  FEDERAL,  STATE,  AND LOCAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND GUIDANCE.
 SUCH WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL ALSO BE CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
 NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY'S OCCUPANCY STANDARDS. SUCH POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LEASE SUCCESSION;
   (B) RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF LEASE SUCCESSION;
   (C)  THE  REQUIREMENT  TO PAY USE AND OCCUPANCY DURING THE PENDENCY OF
 SUCCESSION RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS; AND
   (D) THE RIGHT TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE GRIEVANCE  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 HOUSING  AUTHORITY'S  DENIAL  OF  SUCCESSION  RIGHTS,  PROVIDED THAT THE
 GRIEVANT IS UP TO DATE IN USE AND OCCUPANCY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13001-07-5

 S. 8311                             2
 
   3. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE NOTICE  IN  WRITING
 OF  SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO ITS SUCCESSION RIGHTS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO  IMPLEMENTING  THOSE  CHANGES,  AND  SHALL
 AFFORD  AN  OPPORTUNITY  TO PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE
 PROPOSED  CHANGES.  THE  NEW  YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIDER
 WRITTEN COMMENTS PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Brian Kavanagh

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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