Bill Text: NY S02537 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing an electronic automated system for applications and waiting lists and to developing a written procedure for applicant selection and rejection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-06-06 - referred to housing [S02537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02537-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2537--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on Housing,
          Construction and Community Development -- committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation  to  estab-
          lishing  an  electronic  automated system for applications and waiting
          lists, and to develop a written procedure for applicant selection  and
          rejection

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 31 of the private housing finance law is amended by
     2  adding three new subdivisions 13, 14 and 15 to read as follows:
     3    13. The commissioner or supervising agency  shall  develop  a  written
     4  procedure with regard to how applications for admission to a company are
     5  processed  and  numbered,  and  how tenants are selected. Such procedure
     6  shall be implemented and followed by all limited-profit  housing  compa-
     7  nies  subject to the provisions of this article; provided, however, that
     8  any limited-profit housing company may elect  additional  procedures  so
     9  long  as such procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures devel-
    10  oped by the commissioner or supervising agency and  any  other  require-
    11  ments set forth in this article.
    12    14.  The  commissioner or supervising agency shall develop a procedure
    13  whereby applicants are notified in the case that  their  application  is
    14  rejected  by  a limited-profit housing company subject to the provisions
    15  of this article, and such procedure  shall  also  include  the  appeal's
    16  process available to the rejected applicant. The notification that shall
    17  be  sent  to the applicant shall be in written form, include reasons why
    18  the applicant was rejected, the appeal's process, and  be  sent  to  the
    19  applicant  within  sixty  days  after the limited-profit housing company
    20  decided to reject such applicant. Any limited-profit housing company may

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08654-02-9
        S. 2537--A                          2

     1  elect additional procedures so long as such procedures  are  not  incon-
     2  sistent with the procedures developed by the commissioner or supervising
     3  agency  and  any  other  requirements  set  forth  in  this article. For
     4  purposes  of this subdivision, an applicant shall not be deemed rejected
     5  if their application is  still  active  on  the  limited-profit  housing
     6  company's waiting list and such waiting list is still open and accepting
     7  applications.
     8    15.  The  commissioner  or  the  supervising  agency shall develop and
     9  require the use of a publicly available electronic automated system  for
    10  limited-profit  housing companies to store, process, and maintain appli-
    11  cations and waiting lists. Waiting lists maintained by each such company
    12  shall use a method that protects any personally identifiable information
    13  of applicants from being publicly disclosed or accessible to the public.
    14  Such electronic automated system shall also include general  information
    15  about each company, including, but not limited to:  the name and address
    16  of  the  company; the management office and address; the number and size
    17  of all units in each building; and information on  the  status  of  each
    18  waiting  list,  including  whether the limited-profit housing company is
    19  currently accepting applications and how long  applicants  may  have  to
    20  wait.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect June 15, 2021.