Bill Text: NY A09878 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the division of housing and community renewal, in collaboration with the New York state office for the aging, to establish a publicly accessible online database of available senior housing units; requires the New York state office for the aging to maintain the senior housing unit database.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-24 - referred to aging [A09878 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09878-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9878

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 24, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Aging

        AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
          division  of  housing and community renewal, in collaboration with the
          New York state office for the aging, to establish a publicly  accessi-
          ble  online  database of available senior housing units statewide; and
          to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring the  New  York  state
          office for the aging to maintain the senior housing unit database

          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  14-a to read as follows:
     3    §  14-a. Senior housing unit database. 1. As used in this section, the
     4  following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a) "The office" means the New York state office for the aging.
     6    (b) "The director" means the director of the New York state office for
     7  the aging.
     8    (c) "Local office" means a local area  agency  on  aging,  located  in
     9  every  county  in New York state except New York city where there is one
    10  such local office that covers all five boroughs.
    11    (d) "Database" means the senior housing unit database  established  by
    12  this section.
    13    2. (a) The division of housing and community renewal, in collaboration
    14  with the New York state office for the aging, shall establish a publicly
    15  accessible online database of available senior housing units statewide.
    16    (b)  Such  database  shall  be  published on the office's website, and
    17  shall be maintained and updated by the office.
    18    3. The available  housing  units  displayed  on  such  database  shall
    19  include,  but  shall not be limited to, designated senior housing units,
    20  both public and private, and independent living,  assisted  living,  and
    21  skilled nursing facilities. The database shall provide information about
    22  such available housing units, including, but not limited to:
    23    (a) address;
    24    (b) monthly rent to be covered by tenant;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (c)  rental assistance accepted, including, but not limited to, subsi-
     2  dies and vouchers; and
     3    (d)  owner information, including name and contact information such as
     4  address, phone number, and/or email address.
     5    4. In order to maintain the senior housing unit database  pursuant  to
     6  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  two of this section, the director shall
     7  direct each local office to collect information on vacant senior housing
     8  units monthly. Each local office shall provide such information  to  the
     9  office  and  the  office shall update the database with such information
    10  monthly.  Local offices shall make such information available in office,
    11  and may also make such information available on their own websites.
    12    § 2. Section 202 of the elder law is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
    13  sion 14-a to read as follows:
    14    14-a. to maintain the senior housing unit database pursuant to section
    15  fourteen-a of the public housing law;
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.