Bill Text: NY A04084 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to provide an informational notice to supportive housing tenants which contains information about a supportive housing tenant's rights as a tenant, information about their building and other related information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-09 - reference changed to social services [A04084 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04084-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4084 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on People with Disabilities AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the office of temporary and disability assistance to provide an informa- tional notice to supportive housing tenants The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 2 131-cc to read as follows: 3 § 131-cc. Supportive housing tenants; required informational notice. 4 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the 5 following meanings: 6 (a) "Office" shall mean the office of temporary and disability assist- 7 ance. 8 (b) "Dwelling unit" shall mean any building or structure or portion 9 thereof which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence or 10 sleeping place of one or more individuals. 11 (c) "Supportive housing" means affordable, permanent housing with 12 support services for tenants. 13 (d) "Tenant" means an individual occupying, or intending to occupy, a 14 dwelling unit for thirty consecutive days or more. 15 2. The office shall be required to provide every supportive housing 16 tenant or potential tenant at the time of an applicant interview to 17 obtain housing, at the signing of an initial lease, at each lease 18 renewal and upon request at any time, a notice of tenant rights approved 19 by the office using plain and simple language. Such notice shall be made 20 available in English and in the primary language spoken by the tenant or 21 potential tenant. Such notice shall include, but not be limited to, the 22 following information: 23 (a) whether the dwelling unit is subject to state rent stabilization 24 laws and if not, the reason for exemption from such laws. For dwelling EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02787-01-3A. 4084 2 1 units that are subject to state rent stabilization laws, such notice 2 shall also provide information on how to obtain a rent history from the 3 division of housing and community renewal; 4 (b) whether the dwelling unit is located in a building that is in 5 receipt of a tax exemption or abatement, including but not limited to 6 abatements or exemptions pursuant to sections four hundred twenty-one-a 7 or four hundred twenty-one-g of the real property tax law. If the build- 8 ing is in receipt of an exemption or abatement, the notice shall include 9 the abatement or exemption start and end dates; 10 (c) the tenant's right to bring special proceedings pursuant to arti- 11 cle seven of the real property actions and proceedings law, that any 12 eviction of a tenant must be sought through a court proceeding and any 13 relevant phone numbers that a tenant may contact for legal advice and 14 possible legal representation; 15 (d) the tenant's right to enforce any applicable housing maintenance 16 codes, information concerning how to report violations of such codes and 17 contact information for the person or people responsible for maintaining 18 applicable housing maintenance code standards and responding to emergen- 19 cies; 20 (e) the tenant's right to request reasonable accommodations and the 21 right to be protected against discrimination pursuant to article fifteen 22 of the executive law; 23 (f) the tenant's right to receipts for payments made in exchange for 24 occupancy pursuant to section two hundred thirty-five-e of the real 25 property law; 26 (g) the tenant's right to have family and/or additional occupants in a 27 dwelling unit pursuant to section two hundred thirty-five-f of the real 28 property law; 29 (h) whether the dwelling unit is subject to 14 NYCRR section 595, and 30 if so, the tenant's rights pursuant to such section; 31 (i) the tenant's right to be free from harassment; 32 (j) the building's regulatory scheme, including: 33 (i) each funding stream used to provide social services, subsidize 34 rents, or underwrite the development of the dwelling unit or property; 35 (ii) the name or names of the program or programs pursuant to which 36 the tenant is occupying the dwelling unit; 37 (iii) the name of the agency administering the program and/or provid- 38 ing services or assistance pursuant to subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of 39 this paragraph; 40 (iv) any applicable grievance, or equivalent, policy or procedure to 41 register and hear tenant complaints; 42 (v) any applicable regulations; 43 (vi) contact information for the administering agency pursuant to 44 subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph; 45 (vii) the total rent, tenant rent and agency rent amounts; and 46 (viii) the manner in which rent shall be paid; 47 (k) the tenant's right to be provided access to legal services if 48 facing eviction in housing court and all other relevant tenant's rights; 49 and 50 (l) any additional information related to tenant's rights provided 51 orally or in writing to a supportive housing applicant during an inter- 52 view with the office. 53 3. The office shall receive, investigate, and respond to complaints 54 concerning violations of this section. All complaints and responses 55 issued by the office shall be posted on the office's website and shall 56 include the date the complaint was submitted, any results of theA. 4084 3 1 complaint, and the date of the conclusion of any investigation resulting 2 from the complaint. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 4 it shall have become a law.