Senate Bill S9660

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes funding that would include services and expenses intended to result in improved compliance with fair housing laws

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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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Bill Amendments

2023-S9660 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §600, Pub Hous L; amd §1, Chap 53 of 2024

2023-S9660 - Summary

Authorizes funding that would include services and expenses intended to result in improved compliance with fair housing laws such as intake and assessment of cases in which fair housing rights may have been violated and enforcement action.

2023-S9660 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9660 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9660
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law and chapter 53  of  the  laws  of
   2024,  enacting the aid to localities budget, in relation to authoriz-
   ing funding that would affirmatively further  fair  housing  including
   client  intake and enforcement actions not directly tied to fair hous-
   ing testing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 600 of the public housing law, as
 added by chapter 690 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The commissioner and all covered housing agencies shall  administer
 all such programs and activities related to housing and community devel-
 opment  in  a  manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing and shall
 cooperate with the commissioner to further  such  purpose.  ANY  FUNDING
 APPROPRIATED  TO  ANY  COVERED  HOUSING  AGENCY FOR FAIR HOUSING TESTING
 SHALL INCLUDE ANY SERVICES AND EXPENSES THAT  FURTHER  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SECTION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLIENT INTAKE AND ENFORCEMENT
 ACTIONS NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO FAIR HOUSING TESTING.
   § 2. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024, enacting the aid  to
 localities budget, is amended by repealing the items  herein  below  set
 forth  in  brackets and by adding to such section the other items under-
 scored in this section:
 
                 DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL
 
                        AID TO LOCALITIES   2024-25
 
 FAIR HOUSING TESTING
 
   General Fund
   Local Assistance Account - 10000
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15674-01-4
 S. 9660                             2
              

2023-S9660A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §600, Pub Hous L; amd §1, Chap 53 of 2024

2023-S9660A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes funding that would include services and expenses intended to result in improved compliance with fair housing laws such as intake and assessment of cases in which fair housing rights may have been violated and enforcement action.

2023-S9660A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9660A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9660--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter 53 of the laws of  2024, enacting the aid to
   localities budget, in  relation  to  authorizing  funding  that  would
   include  services  and expenses intended to result in improved compli-
   ance with fair housing laws
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024, enacting the
 aid to localities budget, is amended by  repealing  the  items    herein
 below    set forth  in  brackets and by adding to such section the other
 items underscored in this section:
 
                 DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL
 
                        AID TO LOCALITIES   2024-25
 
 FAIR HOUSING TESTING
 
   General Fund
   Local Assistance Account - 10000
 
 For services and expenses  of  fair  housing
   testing.      Notwithstanding   any  other
   provision of  the  law  to  the  contrary,
   funds  appropriated herein may be suballo-
   cated or transferred to any aid to locali-
   ties, state operations, or capital  appro-
   priation  of any state department, agency,
   or public authority for the purposes stat-
   ed herein (31498) ............................ 2,000,000
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15674-02-4
              

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