NY State Senate Bill 2021-S279

Senate Bill S279

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to submitting and tracking complaints relating to housing conditions and making such information publicly available

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2021-S279 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §20-a, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S6165
2019-2020: S3438
2023-2024: S2307
2025-2026: S3930

2021-S279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to submitting and tracking complaints relating to housing conditions and making such information publicly available.

2021-S279 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S279

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to submitting and
tracking complaints relating to housing conditions and making such
information publicly available

 
PURPOSE:

To increase transparency, and provide a mechanism for tracking
complaints related to housing conditions.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends public housing law to add a new section 20-a, where the
commissioner shall establish a system that allows individuals to submit
online and by telephone, complaints alleging housing conditions that
would if proved, violate any law, rule or regulation relating to the
maintenance, use, occupancy, safety or sanitary condition of any build-

ing or portion thereof which is occupied, arranged or intended to be
occupied as a home, residence or dwelling place.

* The commissioner shall publish on the division of housing and communi-
ty renewal website the following information relating to the complaints
made pursuant to subdivision:

* The date of the complaint

* The address of the building to which the complaint relates

* The conditions complained of including the law, rule or regulation
such conditions would, if proved violate

* Status of the complaint

* States that beginning one year after the effective date, and annually
thereafter the commissioner shall publish on the division of housing and
community renewal website a report summarizing the complaints made to
the division of housing and community renewal.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently there isn't a system in place that tracks the numerous housing
complaints. Building owners continue to violate laws, rules, and regu-
lations because there isn't a streamlined effective system to capture
these complaints. Often times these owners deliberately violate various
jaws to harass tenants. Creating this system will make it much easier to
capture these violations, address them, and remain transparent to the
public.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S3438/A2139 of 2019/2020

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after shall have become
a law.

2021-S279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    279
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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 submitting and
   tracking complaints relating to housing  conditions  and  making  such
   information publicly available
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
 20-a to read as follows:
   §  20-A.  SUBMITTING AND TRACKING HOUSING CONDITION COMPLAINTS. 1. THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS:
   (A) TO SUBMIT, ONLINE AND BY TELEPHONE,  COMPLAINTS  ALLEGING  HOUSING
 CONDITIONS  THAT  WOULD,  IF PROVED, VIOLATE ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION
 RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE, USE, OCCUPANCY, SAFETY OR  SANITARY  CONDI-
 TION  OF  ANY BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS OCCUPIED, ARRANGED OR
 INTENDED TO BE OCCUPIED AS A HOME, RESIDENCE OR DWELLING PLACE; AND
   (B) OBTAIN, ONLINE AND BY  TELEPHONE,  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  SUCH
 COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING THE STATUS THEREOF.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PUBLISH  ON  THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND
 COMMUNITY RENEWAL WEBSITE THE  FOLLOWING  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  THE
 COMPLAINTS MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) THE DATE OF THE COMPLAINT;
   (B) THE ADDRESS OF THE BUILDING TO WHICH THE COMPLAINT RELATES;
   (C)  THE  CONDITIONS  COMPLAINED  OF, INCLUDING THE LAW, RULE OR REGU-
 LATION SUCH CONDITIONS WOULD, IF PROVED, VIOLATE; AND
   (D) THE STATUS OF THE COMPLAINT.
   3. BEGINNING ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SECTION,  AND
 ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLISH ON THE DIVISION OF
 HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  WEBSITE  A  REPORT   SUMMARIZING   THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02374-01-1

 S. 279                              2
 
 COMPLAINTS  MADE TO THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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