Bill Text: NY S02162 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2162 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S02162 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02162-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2162
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 23, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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 establishing
          uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors apply-
          ing for public housing
          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  62 to read as follows:
     3    § 62. Waiting list priorities; domestic violence.  1.  Where  a  local
     4  housing  authority  establishes  applicant  preferences on their waiting
     5  list, applicants who are victims of domestic violence shall receive  the
     6  same  priority  as  other disenfranchised populations, such as the disa-
     7  bled, the elderly  and  the  homeless,  where  the  victim  of  domestic
     8  violence:
     9    (a)  will  continue  to  suffer  from  domestic  violence if he or she
    10  continues to live in current residence; or
    11    (b) has left the residence due to domestic violence and is not  living
    12  in standard permanent replacement housing.
    13    2. For the purposes of this section, victim of domestic violence shall
    14  have the same meaning as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of
    15  the social services law.
    16    3. For applicants on the waiting list with the same preference status,
    17  local  public housing authorities shall select applicants using the date
    18  and time of application, giving priority to applications in the order of
    19  which they are received.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply  to  local
    21  housing  authorities  upon  the  addition  of  any  person to any of the
    22  authority's waiting lists.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05651-01-9