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                                   1592
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   TAYLOR, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the  standard  of
   proof  for  determination of eligibility for public housing based upon
   remaining family member status

   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
 156-d to read as follows:
   § 156-D. DETERMINATION OF REMAINING FAMILY MEMBER STATUS. 1.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 DETERMINING  WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL IS A REMAINING FAMILY MEMBER ENTITLED
 TO CONTINUED OCCUPANCY OF A HOUSING UNIT SUPPLIED BY THE NEW  YORK  CITY
 HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE STANDARD OF PROOF OF RESIDENCY BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL
 FOR  THE  REQUISITE  PERIOD  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED THE STANDARD REQUIRED TO
 DEMONSTRATE RESIDENCY BY INDIVIDUALS OCCUPYING HOUSING UNITS OR  HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATIONS  SUBJECT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE OF
 TITLE TWENTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,
 CHAPTER  TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-
 SIX, CONSTITUTING THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW OR CHAPTER FIVE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR,
 CONSTITUTING  THE  EMERGENCY  TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-
 FOUR.
   2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE INCOME  THRESH-
 OLD  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  DETERMINING  ELIGIBILITY  OF  A REMAINING FAMILY
 MEMBER FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 applications  for  continued occupancy of a housing unit supplied by the
 New York city housing authority submitted to such authority on or  after
 January 1, 2025.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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