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A08631 Summary:

BILL NO	A08631
SAME AS	SAME AS S08056
SPONSOR	Paulin
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add 156-d, Pub Hous L
Permits the county of Westchester to grant a fifty percent preference in the selection of tenants in state aided housing projects to current residents of the county.

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A08631 Actions:

BILL NO	A08631
05/22/2025	referred to housing
01/07/2026	referred to housing

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A08631 Committee Votes:

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A08631 Floor Votes:

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A08631 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8631
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 22, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the selection of
          tenants in state aided housing projects in the county of Westchester
 
          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  156-d to read as follows:
     3    § 156-d. Selection of tenants; Westchester.  Notwithstanding any other
     4  provision of law to the contrary, the county of  Westchester  may  adopt
     5  and  implement a local law which grants a preference in the selection of
     6  tenants in state aided projects  within  such  county  of  up  to  fifty
     7  percent  for  persons, who at the time of application, are current resi-
     8  dents of Westchester county, provided  that  such  applicants  otherwise
     9  qualify for occupancy in such project.
    10    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to appli-
    11  cations for occupancy received on and after such effective date.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13127-01-5

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