Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens whose household income does not exceed $70,000 in cases where their rent is more than one-half of their income. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens whose household income does not exceed $70,000 in cases where their rent is more than one-half of their income. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Excludes expenditures for medical care not covered by insurance from the definition of "income" for the purpose of a real property tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; provides that such guide shall be available on the websites of the state office for the aging, the department of labor and the department of state. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Provides additional notice of the real property tax exemption for senior citizens under section 467 of the real property tax law and requires municipal corporations to permit late filings within 60 days of the statutory deadline from persons previously granted such exemption. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Enacts the New York State Senior Housing Opportunities Partnership Act and establishes the New York state senior housing opportunities partnership authority; provides that such authority will finance or collaborate in the financing of senior housing opportunities facility projects. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Establishes the bureau of the senior tenants' advocate within the state office for the aging; provides that the senior tenants' advocate shall assist senior citizen tenants in resolving complaints they may have with the New York state division of housing and community renewal, landlord disputes, rent increases, and other housing related matters; provides that the governor shall appoint the senior tenants' advocate. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Provides for the establishment of guides containing best practices for hiring, retaining, and retraining mature workers. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Authorizes the commissioner of health to adopt policies to exclude certain non-recurring items from income that would artificially inflate the availability of funds to meet current needs relating to eligibility for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Increases allowable maximum income of persons occupying rental units otherwise eligible for tax abatement in certain cases under provisions applicable to senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE). /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Establishes the New York certified retirement community program within the office for the aging; provides for certification by the director of the office for the aging that a community is advantageous for retirees to live and that such community encourages retirees to reside therein; provides that upon certification, the office for the aging shall provide assistance to the community. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Directs the office for the aging to create a shared housing program in consultation with the division of housing and community renewal and to maintain a registry for senior citizens who seek to find housing with seniors; requires references and an acknowledged statement as to whether they have been convicted of certain crimes. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Makes reclassification of rent controlled dwelling retroactive to time of decrease in income of members of household of dwelling. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: AGING

Provides that the tax abatements for certain rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens commonly known as the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) shall be applicable where the rent constitutes more than one-fourth rather than one-third of the tenant's income. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: AGING

Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of the seniors in those areas and resources available in those different areas. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Establishes a senior dental services grant program; authorizes the director to establish the program and, upon the availability of appropriations, provide grants to eligible elderly persons who are in need of such services. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Provides for a real property tax exemption on real property owned by siblings, one of whom is over 65, once granted, shall not be rescinded solely because of the death of the older sibling as long as the surviving sibling owner is at least 62. /
Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: AGING

Provides for annual adjustment by the commissioner of housing and community renewal of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and for the municipal property tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens by any increase in the consumer price index (CPI). /
Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: AGING

Establishes the Senior Center Council to provide a forum for the discussion of challenges facing senior centers. /
Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: AGING

Limits cost-sharing responsibilities of participants in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program for both comprehensive and catastrophic coverages to no more than five percent of the eligible participant's gross income. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: AGING