Bill Text: NY S01624 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that, for purposes of veterans seeking to qualify for public housing, "probable aggregate annual income" shall not include disability benefits paid by federal government to veterans for service-connected disabilities; provides that such disability benefits shall not be included in computing any surcharge against such veterans.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S01624 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01624-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1624
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 13, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the exclusion of
veterans' disability benefits from computation of income
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PROBABLE AGGREGATE ANNUAL
4 INCOME SHALL NOT INCLUDE DISABILITY BENEFITS PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
5 MENT TO A VETERAN FOR A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY NOR SHALL SUCH
6 DISABILITY BENEFITS BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING ANY SURCHARGE AGAINST SUCH
7 VETERAN.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00947-01-5
