NY State Senate Bill 2021-S373

Senate Bill S373

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain entities to provide a website listing hotels and motels being used as homeless housing

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 11, 2022	recommit, enacting clause stricken
Jan 05, 2022	referred to social services
Jan 06, 2021	referred to social services

2021-S373 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A317
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 2-B §53, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S7710, A9075

2021-S373 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain entities to provide a website listing hotels and motels being used as homeless housing and lists the not-for-profit organizations who provide services at such homeless housing.

2021-S373 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S373

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring
certain entities to provide a website listing hotels and motels being
used as homeless housing

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to provide that any municipality, county, or
local government using hotels, motels, non-government organizations or
similar entities for homeless housing provide a website listing those
entities and the amount and durations of their contracts with the muni-
cipality, county, or local government.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill would add a new article of Section 53 of the social services
law that would require any municipality, county, or local governments to

provide on their website a list of hotels and motels being used as home-
less housing, along with any non-government organizations contracted and
sub contracted, and the amount and duration of their contracts with the
municipality, county, or local government.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York is facing a homelessness crisis, where billions of dollars are
being spent on temporary housing solutions. The shelter system is at
full capacity, in circumstances like these localities and non-government
organizations often resort to renting out hotel or motel rooms. Locali-
ties and non-government organizations are using taxpayer dollars to
subsidize hotel owners and operators' costs, at the expense of communi-
ties, tourism, and local economic development.  Recent articles have
come out noting that these same hotels and motels are receiving tax
incentives and tax breaks totaling over $12,000,000 in tax savings.
Additionally, consumers and residents deserve transparency to better
understand how their community is being impacted by the homeless crisis,
to what extent, and for how long.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S. 7710 - Referred to Senate Social Services.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
90 days after it becomes law.

2021-S373 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    373
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   certain  entities to provide a website listing hotels and motels being
   used as homeless housing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new article
 2-B to read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 2-B
             ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO HOMELESS HOUSING
 SECTION 53. LOCAL HOMELESS HOUSING NOTIFICATION.
   § 53. LOCAL HOMELESS HOUSING NOTIFICATION.  1.    EVERY  LOCAL  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  OFFICE, MUNICIPALITY, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY
 THEREOF WHO CONTRACTS WITH A HOTEL, MOTEL OR OTHER SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT
 TO PROVIDE HOUSING TO HOMELESS PERSONS SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE  ON
 THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF SUCH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE, MUNICIPALITY,
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY A LIST OF EVERY HOTEL, MOTEL OR
 SIMILAR  ESTABLISHMENT  UNDER  CONTRACT  TO  PROVIDE HOUSING TO HOMELESS
 PERSONS, THE DURATION OF SUCH CONTRACT AND THE VALUE OF SUCH CONTRACT.
   2. EACH LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICE,  MUNICIPALITY,  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY THEREOF SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THEIR
 INTERNET WEBSITE INFORMATION REGARDING ANY CONTRACTS WITH A NOT-FOR-PRO-
 FIT  ORGANIZATION,  AND  IF APPLICABLE ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE NOT-FOR-
 PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHO PROVIDE SERVICES AT SUCH HOTEL, MOTEL OR  SIMI-
 LAR ESTABLISHMENT BEING USED AS HOMELESS HOUSING. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   (A) THE NAME OF SUCH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND IF APPLICABLE THE
 NAME OF ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04295-01-1

 S. 373                              2
 
   (B)  THE  SERVICE  OR  SERVICES  BEING PROVIDED BY SUCH NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 ORGANIZATION AND IF APPLICABLE THE SERVICE OR SERVICES BEING PROVIDED BY
 ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION  AT  SUCH  HOTEL,
 MOTEL OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT;
   (C)  THE  DURATION  OF SUCH CONTRACT BETWEEN THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES
 OFFICE, MUNICIPALITY, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY  AND  THE
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION, AND IF APPLICABLE ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION; AND
   (D) THE VALUE OF SUCH  CONTRACT  BETWEEN  THE  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 OFFICE,  MUNICIPALITY,  NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY AND THE
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND IF APPLICABLE ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF  THE
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR SUCH SERVICES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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