STATE OF NEW YORK
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9164--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 17, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, WRIGHT, DINOWITZ, GALLAGHER, SEAWRIGHT,
REILLY, CUNNINGHAM, HEVESI, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing
uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors apply-
ing for public housing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
2 62 to read as follows:
3 § 62. Waiting list priorities; domestic violence. 1. Where a public
4 housing authority establishes applicant preferences on their waiting
5 list, applicants who are victims of domestic violence shall receive
6 transfer and placement priority where the victim of domestic violence:
7 (a) will continue to suffer from domestic violence if they continue to
8 live in their current residence; or
9 (b) has left their residence due to domestic violence and is not
10 living in standard permanent replacement housing.
11 2. For the purposes of this section, "domestic violence" shall have
12 the same meaning as defined 34 U.S.C. section 12291 (a) (12).
13 3. For applicants on the waiting list with the same preference status,
14 public housing authorities shall select applicants using the date and
15 time of application, giving priority to applications in the order of
16 which they are received.
17 4. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent a public housing
18 authority from establishing their own priority code or system for public
19 housing, provided, however, that victims of domestic violence shall
20 receive the highest priority in public housing or transfers unless such
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 code or system prioritizes homeless families or individuals and munici-
2 pal agency referrals.
3 5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a city with a
4 population of one million or more.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to public
6 housing authorities upon the addition of any person to any of the
7 authority's waiting lists.
