Bill Text: NY S04129 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4129 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires the office of temporary disability and assistance to conduct a homelessness study; requires a report by June 30, 2017.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to social services [S04129 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04129-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4129--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 2, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services --  recom-
          mitted  to  the Committee on Social Services in accordance with Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to require the office of temporary and disability assistance to
          conduct a homelessness study
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  office  of temporary and disability assistance shall
     2  conduct a homelessness study. Such  study  shall  include,  but  not  be
     3  limited to:
     4    1.  the  adequacy  of  the  current  shelter  allowance  and  eviction
     5  prevention supplements, in light of increasing costs for  housing,  fuel
     6  and utilities;
     7    2.  whether the inadequacy of the shelter allowance and allowances for
     8  fuel and utilities is contributing to evictions, overcrowding and  home-
     9  lessness;
    10    3.  whether the inadequacy of the shelter allowance and allowances for
    11  fuel and utilities is constraining the ability of the private sector  to
    12  provide safe and affordable housing to low-income New Yorkers;
    13    4.  whether  the requirement that a family be sued for eviction before
    14  they can access a rent supplement program is reasonable considering that
    15  it imposes litigation costs on landlords who  are  providing  affordable
    16  housing, increases state and local costs for court administration leaves
    17  tenants  with  negative  credit  that  may inhibit their ability to find
    18  employment and secure housing in the near term and  future,  and  limits
    19  the  program  to  others  in need including those who are forced to move
    20  because of domestic violence;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08816-02-6