Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 25, 2016 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 08, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.145 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to housing, construction and community development returned to senate died in assembly |
May 28, 2015 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 06, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
May 05, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
May 04, 2015 |
1st report cal.499 |
Apr 29, 2015 |
print number 4558a |
Apr 29, 2015 |
amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development |
Mar 27, 2015 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S4558A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2015-S4558 - Details
2015-S4558 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4558 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to preferences and priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the city of New York PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires the New York City Housing Authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant homeless domestic violence victims the same preference as granted the homeless SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the public housing law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2010, to provide that residency in a city owned, operated or contracted domestic violence shelter shall be treated the same a residency in a city owned, operated or contracted homeless shelter, for purposes of calculating an applicant's priority status for public housing Section 2. Effective immediately JUSTIFICATION:
2015-S4558 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4558 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 preferences and priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the public housing law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: (e) All prospective public housing and Section 8 tenants shall be selected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the New York city housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and Section 8 laws and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York city housing authority and each respective project owner shall screen tenants and jointly have final approval over tenant selection all in accordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All prospec- tive public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list in the order in which they applied for the size appropriate unit, subject however to preferences and priorities provided for in [the public hous- ing law] THIS CHAPTER and all applicable rules and regulations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT, ANY NEEDS BASED PRIORITY OR PREFERENCE OFFERED TO APPLICANTS BASED ON THEIR RESIDENCE IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED HOMELESS SHELTER MUST ALSO BE OFFERED EQUITABLY AND EVENLY TO APPLICANTS RESIDING IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OR IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10244-01-5
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2015-S4558A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S4558A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4558A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to preferences and priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the city of New York PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires the New York City Housing Authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant homeless domestic violence victims the same preference as granted the homeless SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the public housing law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2010, to provide that residency in a city owned, operated or contracted domestic violence shelter shall be treated the same a residency in a city owned, operated or contracted homeless shelter, for purposes of calculating an applicant's priority status for public housing Section 2. Effective immediately JUSTIFICATION: The New York City Housing Authority currently has a significant backlog of qualified applicants for its available units, meaning that individuals and families often wait years to obtain public housing. Adding to this delay is the fact that preference categories have been created to move specific categories of applicants
2015-S4558A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4558--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, AVELLA, ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to preferences and priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the public housing law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: (e) All prospective public housing and Section 8 tenants shall be selected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the New York city housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and Section 8 laws and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York city housing authority and each respective project owner shall screen tenants and jointly have final approval over tenant selection all in accordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All prospec- tive public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list in the order in which they applied for the size appropriate unit, subject however to preferences and priorities provided for in [the public hous- ing law] THIS CHAPTER and all applicable rules and regulations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT, ANY PRIORITY OR PREFERENCE OFFERED TO APPLICANTS BASED ON THEIR RESIDENCE IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED HOME- LESS SHELTER MUST ALSO BE OFFERED EQUITABLY AND EVENLY TO APPLICANTS RESIDING IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHEL- TER OR IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10244-02-5
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