Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 26, 2021 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A3369
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
COOK
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
co-Sponsors
Latrice Walker
Alicia Hyndman
Robert J. Rodriguez
Al Taylor
2021-A3369 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A3369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3369 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COOK, WALKER, HYNDMAN, RODRIGUEZ, TAYLOR, SAYEGH, RICHARDSON, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to limiting the number of shelters in council districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-315.1 to read as follows: § 21-315.1 LIMITS ON SHELTER CAPACITY OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS. A. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "CAPACITY" SHALL MEAN THE NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS PROVIDED FOR INDI- VIDUAL HOMELESS SINGLE ADULTS AND THE NUMBER OF SHELTER UNITS PROVIDED FOR HOMELESS ADULT FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. 2. "SHELTER" SHALL MEAN TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING PROVIDED TO HOME- LESS ADULTS, ADULT FAMILIES, AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN BY THE DEPART- MENT OR A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPART- MENT. B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL LIMIT THE SHELTER CAPACITY OF EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY OF THE BOROUGH WHERE SUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS LOCATED. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT RENEW ANY SHELTER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT IF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT WHERE SUCH SHELTER IS LOCATED HAS MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY OF THE BOROUGH WHERE SUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS LOCATED. § 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07636-01-1
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