Directs the department of social services of the city of New York, in consultation with the department of housing preservation and development, to provide shelter to victims of human trafficking at a residential program exclusively for victims of human trafficking.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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391
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to directing the department of social services of the city of
New York to provide shelter to victims of human trafficking at a resi-
dential program exclusively for victims of human trafficking
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 21-151 to read as follows:
3 § 21-151 Residential services for victims of human trafficking.
4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department, in
5 consultation with the department of housing preservation and develop-
6 ment, shall offer and provide necessary and available emergency shelter
7 and services for up to ninety days at a residential program exclusively
8 for victims of human trafficking to a victim of human trafficking wheth-
9 er or not such victim is eligible for public assistance. Two forty-five
10 day extensions of necessary and available emergency shelter may be
11 granted beyond the maximum length of stay at a residential program for
12 victims of human trafficking for residents who continue to be in need of
13 emergency services and temporary shelter. Nothing in this section shall
14 be construed to limit any rights or obligations provided pursuant to
15 federal or state law, including but not limited to providing reasonable
16 accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
18 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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