Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 28, 2013 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S2991
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S2991 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Cities
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Add §21-316, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S849
2011-2012: S3711
2013-S2991 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2991 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of homeless services to maintain an intake center in Manhattan PURPOSE: Requires the Department of Homeless Services to maintain a facility 24/7 for processing applications for shelter. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: § 21-316 is added to amend Section 1, of the administrative code of the city of New York to read as follows: Intake for single men. The department shall maintain a facility in Manhattan, which shall be open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to accept and process applications for shelter from single homeless men. Any individual who is in the process of applying for shelter as of ten o'clock in the evening on the day such individual sought shelter shall be provided temporary shelter placement for that night, at that facility. The facility shall have a greater capacity to shelter single homeless men than any other intake facility in the city. EXISTING LAW: New LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 03/02/11 - Referred to Cities 01/04/12 - Referred to Cities
2013-S2991 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2991 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of homeless services to maintain an intake center in Manhattan THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-316 to read as follows: S 21-316. INTAKE FOR SINGLE MEN. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A FACILITY IN MANHATTAN, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, TO ACCEPT AND PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR SHELTER FROM SINGLE HOMELESS MEN. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR SHELTER AS OF TEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING ON THE DAY SUCH INDIVIDUAL SOUGHT SHELTER SHALL BE PROVIDED TEMPORARY SHELTER PLACEMENT FOR THAT NIGHT, AT THAT FACILITY. THE FACILITY SHALL HAVE A GREATER CAPACITY TO SHELTER SINGLE HOMELESS MEN THAN ANY OTHER INTAKE FACILITY IN THE CITY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06023-01-3
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