Authorizes the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York on its own motion or on the motion of a party to join the department of social services of the city of New York as a party in any action or proceeding wherein the failure of a recipient of or applicant for public assistance to pay rent is at issue; also permits the court to join the division of adult protective services of the city of New York, where appropriate.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2967
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the
participation of the department of social services of the city of New
York in certain actions and proceedings in the housing part of such
court
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 110 of the New York city civil
2 court act, as added by chapter 982 of the laws of 1972, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (d) In any of the actions or proceedings specified in subdivision (a)
5 and on the application of any party, any city department or the court,
6 on its own motion, may join any other person or city department as a
7 party in order to effectuate proper housing maintenance standards and to
8 promote the public interest. In addition to any other application of
9 its powers under this subdivision, the court may, on the application of
10 any party or on its own motion, join as a party the department of social
11 services of the city of New York in any action or proceeding in which
12 the payment or non-payment of rent by a recipient of or applicant for
13 public assistance pursuant to the social services law is at issue, and
14 the court may join as a party the division of adult protective services
15 of the city of New York in any such action or proceeding, where appro-
16 priate.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall govern any
18 action or proceeding pending in the housing part on the effective date
19 of this act, as well as actions and proceedings instituted thereafter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00104-01-1
