Assembly Bill A9337

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to COVID-19 emergency rental assistance payments

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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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2021-A9337 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Real Property
Laws Affected:
Amd Part BB Subpart A §9, Chap 56 of 2021

2021-A9337 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the amount of time funds approved for rental assistance shall be available if payment cannot be made directly to such landlord or owner from 180 to 90 days; reduces the amount of time a landlord or owner has to provide necessary information or documentation to receive COVID-19 rental assistance payments from 180 to 90 days.

2021-A9337 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9337
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter  56  of  the  laws  of  2021,  establishing  the
   "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021", in relation to
   COVID-19 emergency rental assistance payments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 9 of subpart A of
 part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,  establishing  the  "COVID-19
 Emergency  Rental  Assistance  Program  of  2021", is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) If a payment cannot be made directly to a landlord or owner  after
 the  outreach  efforts  described  in paragraph (b) of this subdivision,
 funds in the amount approved  for  rental  assistance  to  an  otherwise
 eligible  applicant  shall  be  available for a period of [180] 90 days;
 extension may be provided upon determination by the commissioner of good
 cause. When possible, both landlord or owner and tenant shall  be  noti-
 fied of the provisional determination of eligibility and the landlord or
 owner  shall have a final opportunity to participate. If the landlord or
 owner does not provide necessary information or documentation to  effec-
 tuate  payment  as  directed  before [180] 90 days, the commissioner may
 reallocate the set aside funds to serve other rental assistance  program
 applicants.  The  tenant  may  use  such provisional determination as an
 affirmative defense in any proceeding seeking  a  monetary  judgment  or
 eviction  brought  by  a  landlord  for  the non-payment of rent accrued
 during the same time period covered by the  provisional  payment  for  a
 period  of twelve months from the determination of provisional eligibil-
 ity. If the landlord has not accepted such  provisional  payment  within
 twelve  months of the determination the landlord shall be deemed to have
 waived the amount of rent covered by such provisional payment, and shall
 be prevented  from  initiating  a  monetary  action  or  proceeding,  or
 collecting  a  judgment premised on the nonpayment of the amount of rent
 covered by such provisional payment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the fifteenth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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