STATE OF NEW YORK
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2189
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, COMRIE,
HAMILTON, LATIMER, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS, SANDERS, SERRANO -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the performance
of a study regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of
New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14 of the public housing law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (q) to read as follows:
3 (q) To conduct a study, in consultation with the office of temporary
4 and disability assistance, department of labor, and office of children
5 and family services to determine the number of homeless persons in New
6 York state that are veterans. Such study shall include, but not be
7 limited to: (i) an analysis of veterans in New York state who are
8 currently homeless, or have been homeless within five years of being
9 released from active duty including an analysis of gender as it relates
10 to homelessness of veterans; (ii) data on the number of children of
11 homeless veterans, including the current placement of such children; and
12 (iii) the unemployment rate for New York state veterans. The term "chil-
13 dren of homeless veterans" shall mean a person who is unmarried and who
14 is under the age of eighteen years, and is the biological or legally
15 adopted child of a veteran. A written report of such study shall be
16 delivered to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary
17 president of the senate by June thirtieth, two thousand eighteen and
18 such information required pursuant to this paragraph shall be updated
19 every two years. Such report shall be publicly available and posted on
20 the division of veterans affairs website.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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