Requires the city of New York to consult with the community board of the district and all local elected officials where a proposed homeless shelter or use of commercial hotel space to shelter homeless individuals shall be located, at least three hundred sixty-five days beforehand.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5719
SPONSOR: Hyndman TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the placement of homeless shelters
PURPOSE:
This bill requires the city of New York to provide 365 days' notice to
the local community board of the district and elected officials of the
proposed site of a homeless shelter or change the use of an existing
shelter.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the administrative code of the city of New York by
adding a new Section 21-124.2. This new section requires the city of New
York to consult with the community board of the district and, all local
elected officials where a proposed homeless shelter will be located at
least 365 days beforehand. Additionally, the city of New York shall not
plan to use over 30% of the rooms in a commercial hotel, pay for over
20% of the rooms in a commercial hotel, reserve all the rooms on a floor
in a commercial hotel for the purpose of providing shelter for homeless
individuals, or change the use of an existing shelter, without consult-
ing with the community board of the district and all local elected offi-
cials of the district where such commercial hotel is located at least
365 days beforehand.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Communities are unique entities with their own character and color. By
consulting with members of the community - including elected officials
and community board members - before the placement of a homeless shelter
or changing the use of an existing shelter, the community is afforded
the opportunity to provide feedback about its placement.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: S332/A6296
2021-2022: S.1912 - Referred to Cities 1
2019-2020: S.6685-A - Referred to Cities/A.8872 - Referred to Cities
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 90th day after it shall have become a
law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5719
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the placement of homeless shelters
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 21-124.2 to read as follows:
3 § 21-124.2 Placement of homeless shelters. a. The city shall not
4 propose the location of a homeless shelter or establish a homeless shel-
5 ter without consulting with the community board of the district and all
6 local elected officials of the district where such proposed homeless
7 shelter shall be located at least three hundred sixty-five days before-
8 hand.
9 b. The city shall not plan to use over thirty percent of the rooms in
10 a commercial hotel, or pay for over twenty percent of the rooms in a
11 commercial hotel, or reserve all the rooms on a floor in a commercial
12 hotel for the purpose of providing shelter for homeless individuals, or
13 change the use of an existing shelter, without consulting with the
14 community board of the district and all local elected officials of the
15 district where such commercial hotel is located at least three hundred
16 sixty-five days beforehand.
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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