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                                   4084
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  requiring  the
   office  of  temporary and disability assistance to provide an informa-
   tional notice to supportive housing tenants

   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 section
 131-cc to read as follows:
   § 131-CC. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TENANTS; REQUIRED  INFORMATIONAL  NOTICE.
 1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSIST-
 ANCE.
   (B) "DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN ANY BUILDING OR  STRUCTURE  OR  PORTION
 THEREOF  WHICH IS OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS THE HOME, RESIDENCE OR
 SLEEPING PLACE OF ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS.
   (C) "SUPPORTIVE HOUSING"  MEANS  AFFORDABLE,  PERMANENT  HOUSING  WITH
 SUPPORT SERVICES FOR TENANTS.
   (D)  "TENANT" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPYING, OR INTENDING TO OCCUPY, A
 DWELLING UNIT FOR THIRTY CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR MORE.
   2. THE OFFICE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE  EVERY  SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING
 TENANT  OR  POTENTIAL  TENANT  AT  THE TIME OF AN APPLICANT INTERVIEW TO
 OBTAIN HOUSING, AT THE SIGNING  OF  AN  INITIAL  LEASE,  AT  EACH  LEASE
 RENEWAL AND UPON REQUEST AT ANY TIME, A NOTICE OF TENANT RIGHTS APPROVED
 BY THE OFFICE USING PLAIN AND SIMPLE LANGUAGE. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MADE
 AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND IN THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE TENANT OR
 POTENTIAL  TENANT. SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A) WHETHER THE DWELLING UNIT IS SUBJECT TO STATE  RENT  STABILIZATION
 LAWS  AND  IF NOT, THE REASON FOR EXEMPTION FROM SUCH LAWS. FOR DWELLING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02787-01-3
              

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 UNITS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO STATE RENT  STABILIZATION  LAWS,  SUCH  NOTICE
 SHALL  ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN A RENT HISTORY FROM THE
 DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL;
   (B)  WHETHER  THE  DWELLING  UNIT  IS LOCATED IN A BUILDING THAT IS IN
 RECEIPT OF A TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 ABATEMENTS  OR EXEMPTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-A
 OR FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-G OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW. IF THE BUILD-
 ING IS IN RECEIPT OF AN EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT, THE NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE
 THE ABATEMENT OR EXEMPTION START AND END DATES;
   (C) THE TENANT'S RIGHT TO BRING SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE  SEVEN  OF  THE  REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW, THAT ANY
 EVICTION OF A TENANT MUST BE SOUGHT THROUGH A COURT PROCEEDING  AND  ANY
 RELEVANT  PHONE  NUMBERS  THAT A TENANT MAY CONTACT FOR LEGAL ADVICE AND
 POSSIBLE LEGAL REPRESENTATION;
   (D) THE TENANT'S RIGHT TO ENFORCE ANY APPLICABLE  HOUSING  MAINTENANCE
 CODES, INFORMATION CONCERNING HOW TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF SUCH CODES AND
 CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE PERSON OR PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING
 APPLICABLE HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE STANDARDS AND RESPONDING TO EMERGEN-
 CIES;
   (E)  THE  TENANT'S  RIGHT TO REQUEST REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE
 RIGHT TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST DISCRIMINATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN
 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW;
   (F) THE TENANT'S RIGHT TO RECEIPTS FOR PAYMENTS MADE IN  EXCHANGE  FOR
 OCCUPANCY  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-E OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY LAW;
   (G) THE TENANT'S RIGHT TO HAVE FAMILY AND/OR ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS IN A
 DWELLING UNIT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-F OF THE  REAL
 PROPERTY LAW;
   (H)  WHETHER THE DWELLING UNIT IS SUBJECT TO 14 NYCRR SECTION 595, AND
 IF SO, THE TENANT'S RIGHTS PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION;
   (I) THE TENANT'S RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM HARASSMENT;
   (J) THE BUILDING'S REGULATORY SCHEME, INCLUDING:
   (I) EACH FUNDING STREAM USED TO  PROVIDE  SOCIAL  SERVICES,  SUBSIDIZE
 RENTS, OR UNDERWRITE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DWELLING UNIT OR PROPERTY;
   (II)  THE  NAME  OR NAMES OF THE PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO WHICH
 THE TENANT IS OCCUPYING THE DWELLING UNIT;
   (III) THE NAME OF THE AGENCY ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM AND/OR  PROVID-
 ING  SERVICES  OR  ASSISTANCE  PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH;
   (IV) ANY APPLICABLE GRIEVANCE, OR EQUIVALENT, POLICY OR  PROCEDURE  TO
 REGISTER AND HEAR TENANT COMPLAINTS;
   (V) ANY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS;
   (VI)  CONTACT  INFORMATION  FOR  THE  ADMINISTERING AGENCY PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH;
   (VII) THE TOTAL RENT, TENANT RENT AND AGENCY RENT AMOUNTS; AND
   (VIII) THE MANNER IN WHICH RENT SHALL BE PAID;
   (K) THE TENANT'S RIGHT TO BE PROVIDED  ACCESS  TO  LEGAL  SERVICES  IF
 FACING EVICTION IN HOUSING COURT AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT TENANT'S RIGHTS;
 AND
   (L)  ANY  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  RELATED TO TENANT'S RIGHTS PROVIDED
 ORALLY OR IN WRITING TO A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING APPLICANT DURING AN  INTER-
 VIEW WITH THE OFFICE.
   3.  THE  OFFICE  SHALL RECEIVE, INVESTIGATE, AND RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS
 CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF THIS  SECTION.  ALL  COMPLAINTS  AND  RESPONSES
 ISSUED  BY  THE OFFICE SHALL BE POSTED ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE AND SHALL
 INCLUDE THE DATE  THE  COMPLAINT  WAS  SUBMITTED,  ANY  RESULTS  OF  THE
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 COMPLAINT, AND THE DATE OF THE CONCLUSION OF ANY INVESTIGATION RESULTING
 FROM THE COMPLAINT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.