STATE OF NEW YORK
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4552
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 17, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to housing assist-
ance outreach
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
2 229 to read as follows:
3 § 229. Housing assistance outreach. 1. On or before December first,
4 two thousand seventeen, the division of housing and community renewal
5 shall develop and implement an ongoing education and outreach program to
6 inform New York landlords about housing assistance provided through the
7 emergency housing rent control law, the emergency tenant protection act,
8 the administrative code of the city of New York, the rental assistance
9 program for rural areas under article seventeen-A of the private housing
10 finance law, and other assistance provided for by this chapter.
11 2. The education and outreach program shall, at a minimum, provide New
12 York landlords with information regarding:
13 (a) housing assistance provided under New York law described in subdi-
14 vision one of this section;
15 (b) the procedures and rules for such housing assistance including
16 information included in chapter eleven of title twenty-six of the admin-
17 istrative code of the city of New York; and
18 (c) the eligibility requirements that tenants must meet to receive
19 such assistance.
20 3. The commissioner shall report to the governor, temporary president
21 of the senate and speaker of the assembly on or before January first,
22 two thousand nineteen, regarding the effectiveness of the outreach
23 program and any legislative action that may be necessary to improve the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 efficiency and effectiveness of the housing assistance provided for in
2 New York law.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
