Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 18, 2017 |
approval memo.51 signed chap.484 |
Dec 06, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
May 22, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
May 02, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.212 substituted for a4818 |
May 02, 2017 |
substituted by s2720 |
Apr 27, 2017 |
advanced to third reading cal.212 |
Apr 25, 2017 |
reported |
Feb 03, 2017 |
referred to housing |
Assembly Bill A4818
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TITUS
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2720 - Signed by Governor
- 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
co-Sponsors
Robert J. Rodriguez
Michael Blake
Luis R. Sepúlveda
Charles Barron
2017-A4818 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A4818 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4818 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, RODRIGUEZ, BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to granting tenants, with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility, a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same building in projects operated by the New York city housing authority THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON THE VACANCY OF A DWELLING UNIT IN ANY PROJECT OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY, SUCH VACANT DWELLING UNIT SHALL FIRST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY TO ANY TENANT WITHIN THE SAME PROJECT WHO LIVES ON A HIGHER FLOOR THAN THE VACANT DWELLING UNIT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE VACANT DWELLING UNIT MUST BE THE SAME SIZE OR SMALLER THAN THE UNIT OCCUPIED BY SUCH TENANT, AND THE TENANT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OCCUPANT CURRENTLY RESIDING WITH THE TENANT HAS A DISABILITY, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, THAT AFFECTS MOBILITY. IF TWO OR MORE TENANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH VACANT APARTMENT, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS RESIDED IN THE PROJECT FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME. § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00692-01-7
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