NY State Senate Bill 2015-S2542

Senate Bill S2542

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Directs New York city housing authority to first offer vacant apartments to mobility impaired tenants living on a higher floor

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 09, 2016	reported and committed to cities
Mar 07, 2016	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 06, 2016	referred to housing, construction and community development
Jan 26, 2015	referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

- May 9, 2016 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S2542
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: May 9, 2016
      
      aye (9)
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Espaillat
      
      Gallivan
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Panepinto
      
      Young

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2015-S2542 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4232
Current Committee:: Senate Cities
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §402, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7898, A11658
2011-2012: S4455, A3420
2013-2014: S2184, A1742
2017-2018: S2720, A4818

2015-S2542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs New York city housing authority to first offer vacant apartments to mobility impaired tenants living on a higher floor.

2015-S2542 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2542

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to
granting tenants, with a physically disabling condition that affects
their mobility, a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a
lower floor in the same building in projects operated by the New York
city housing authority

PURPOSE:

Allows current mobility impaired tenants in NYCHA housing to move to a
lower floor if a unit becomes available.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends Section 402 of the public housing law by adding a new
subdivision 10 that gives preference to current tenants upon a vacancy
in their project to move to a lower floor if the vacant unit is the
same size or smaller, and they or any other legal occupant residing
with the tenant have a disabling condition that affects mobility. If
more the one individual would qualify to move, preference would be
given to the tenant that has lived in the project the longest.

JUSTIFICATION:

On May 29, 2009 a fire at Carlton Manor, a public housing project in

Far Rockaway, resulted in the death of a woman who lived with and
cared for her daughter who was confined to a wheelchair. The fire
began in their apartment which was on the tenth floor. This death
highlighted the concern of public housing residents who live in higher
floors of public housing projects and have a physically disabling
condition that affects mobility, to be given preference to move to a
lower floor if a vacancy dwelling unit becomes available.

People with mobility impairments should be located as close to the
ground floor as possible. This bill only impacts public housing
projects owned and managed by the New York City Housing Authority.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Smith S.7898 of 2010: Passed Senate
S.4455 of 2012: Referred to Housing, Construction, and Community
Development:
01/09/13 referred to housing
02/04/13 reported
02/07/13 advanced to third reading ca1.31
06/03/13 passed assembly
06/03/13 delivered to senate
06/03/13 REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
01/08/14 DIED IN SENATE
01/08/14 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
01/08/14 ordered to third reading ca1.95
05/19/14 passed assembly
05/19/14 delivered to senate
05/19/14 REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:


None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

On the thirtieth day after becoming law

2015-S2542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2542

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
  Community Development

AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to granting tenants,
  with  a  physically disabling condition that affects their mobility, a
  preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the
  same building in projects  operated  by  the  New  York  city  housing
  authority

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by  adding
a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
  10.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON
THE VACANCY OF A DWELLING UNIT IN ANY PROJECT OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY,
SUCH VACANT DWELLING UNIT SHALL FIRST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY TO
ANY TENANT WITHIN THE SAME PROJECT WHO LIVES ON A HIGHER FLOOR THAN  THE
VACANT  DWELLING  UNIT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE VACANT DWELLING UNIT MUST
BE THE SAME SIZE OR SMALLER THAN THE UNIT OCCUPIED BY SUCH  TENANT,  AND
THE  TENANT  OR  ANY  OTHER  LEGAL  OCCUPANT CURRENTLY RESIDING WITH THE
TENANT HAS A DISABILITY, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION
TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, THAT AFFECTS MOBILITY.   IF
TWO  OR  MORE TENANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH VACANT APARTMENT, PREFERENCE
SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS RESIDED IN THE PROJECT FOR THE
LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06581-01-5

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