Bill Text: NY S03597 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3597 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1 [S03597 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03597-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3597

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY, BENJAMIN, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
          public  housing  law,  in  relation  to  establishing a presumption of
          eligibility for housing for those who lost employment due to a non-es-
          sential business shutdown

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

     1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
     2  by adding a new section 21-325 to read as follows:
     3    § 21-325 Presumption of eligibility; non-essential business  shutdown.
     4  a. The department shall deem any applicant who is no longer employed due
     5  to  a  non-essential  business  shutdown an eligible homeless person for
     6  purposes of temporary shelter placement provided by the department. Such
     7  applicants shall not be required to undergo an eligibility determination
     8  process at a department intake facility prior to  being  admitted  to  a
     9  temporary shelter placement.
    10    b. For the purposes of this section, "non-essential business shutdown"
    11  shall  mean  a business interruption during a period of a declared state
    12  emergency due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic  which
    13  resulted in a person losing employment.
    14    §  2. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new
    15  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    16    8. a. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this
    17  chapter, all authorities shall deem  any  applicant  who  is  no  longer
    18  employed due to a non-essential business shutdown an eligible person for
    19  purposes  of admission or continued occupancy. Such applicants shall not
    20  be required to undergo an eligibility  determination  process  prior  to
    21  being admitted to or permitted to continue occupying a project.
    22    b. For the purposes of this subdivision, "non-essential business shut-
    23  down"  shall  mean a business interruption during a period of a declared
    24  state emergency due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)  pandemic
    25  which resulted in a person losing employment.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07561-01-1