STATE OF NEW YORK
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6943
IN SENATE
January 6, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring a
conspicuous memorandum regarding the disruption of vital services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 402-e of the public housing
2 law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public
3 housing law relating to requiring a conspicuous memorandum regarding the
4 disruption of vital services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
5 S. 6320-A and A. 8019-A, are amended to read as follows:
6 1. In order to ensure compliance and enforcement of the New York city
7 housing authority's duty to provide heat, water, electricity and eleva-
8 tor service, the New York city housing authority shall publish informa-
9 tion regarding reported disruptions in such services, the length of such
10 disruptions and the steps taken to restore services. Starting on [Decem-
11 ber] May first, two thousand [nineteen] twenty, the New York city hous-
12 ing authority shall publish such information on its website. For six
13 months after the original publication date, the New York city housing
14 authority shall retain such information on its website.
15 2. No later than [November] April first, two thousand [nineteen] twen-
16 ty, the New York city housing authority shall meet with representatives
17 of the housing part of the New York city civil court, a representative
18 of public housing tenants from each borough in the city of New York, and
19 a representative of a legal services provider with experience represent-
20 ing public housing tenants in the housing part of the New York city
21 civil court, in order to review and comment on the New York city housing
22 authority's proposed additions to its website as described in subdivi-
23 sion one of this section.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
25 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public housing law
26 relating to requiring a conspicuous memorandum regarding the disruption
27 of vital services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6320-A
28 and A. 8019-A, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13085-04-0