Bill Text: NY A04949 | 2023-2024 | 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 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to housing [A04949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04949-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4949

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, WALKER -- 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    § 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 or chapter five
    14  hundred  seventy-six  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred seventy-four,
    15  constituting the emergency tenant protection act  of  nineteen  seventy-
    16  four.
    17    2.  The provisions of this section shall not affect the income thresh-
    18  old requirements for  determining  eligibility  of  a  remaining  family
    19  member for public housing.
    20    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
    21  applications for continued occupancy of a housing unit supplied  by  the
    22  New  York city housing authority submitted to such authority on or after
    23  January 1, 2023.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08858-01-3