Bill Text: NY A01401 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to housing [A01401 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01401-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1401
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
       AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the  standard  of
         proof  for  determination of eligibility for public housing based upon
         remaining family member status
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
    2  156-d to read as follows:
    3    S 156-D. DETERMINATION OF REMAINING FAMILY MEMBER STATUS. 1.  NOTWITH-
    4  STANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
    5  DETERMINING  WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL IS A REMAINING FAMILY MEMBER ENTITLED
    6  TO CONTINUED OCCUPANCY OF A HOUSING UNIT SUPPLIED BY THE NEW  YORK  CITY
    7  HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE STANDARD OF PROOF OF RESIDENCY BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL
    8  FOR  THE  REQUISITE  PERIOD  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED THE STANDARD REQUIRED TO
    9  DEMONSTRATE RESIDENCY BY INDIVIDUALS OCCUPYING HOUSING UNITS OR  HOUSING
   10  ACCOMMODATIONS  SUBJECT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE OF
   11  TITLE TWENTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,
   12  CHAPTER  TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-
   13  SIX, CONSTITUTING THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, AS AMENDED  BY
   14  CHAPTER  TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-
   15  FOUR OR CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
   16  SEVENTY-FOUR, CONSTITUTING THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF  NINE-
   17  TEEN  SEVENTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THE
   18  LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR.
   19    2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE INCOME  THRESH-
   20  OLD  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  DETERMINING  ELIGIBILITY  OF  A REMAINING FAMILY
   21  MEMBER FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
   23  applications  for  continued occupancy of a housing unit supplied by the
   24  New York city housing authority submitted to such authority on or  after
   25  January 1, 2015.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04982-01-5