New York S 3787: Eliminates rent for homeless shelters; repealer

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S03787 Summary:

BILL NOS03787 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00745

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §36-c, amd §§131 & 131-a, Soc Serv L

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Relates to eliminating rent for homeless shelters; provides that a homeless individual or family applying for or receiving temporary housing assistance shall not be required to pay to any local or state government or agency or any provider, room and board or contribute any earned or unearned income, available benefits or resources to eliminate their need for temporary housing assistance or as a condition to receive temporary housing assistance from such provider.

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BILL NOS03787 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3787

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eliminating rent
 for homeless shelters; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
 relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 36-c of the social services law is REPEALED.
 2 § 2. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 3 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
 4 21. a. Any temporary housing assistance provider found to be collect-
 5 ing income, room and board or any other type of contribution in
 6 violation of subdivision sixteen of section one hundred thirty-one-a of
 7 this title, shall, after notice and an opportunity to be heard by the
 8 department, be required to return any funds collected in violation of
 9 this section to such recipient and may be subject to a civil penalty not
 10 to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation. The department shall
 11 adopt procedures in accordance with the state administrative procedure
 12 act for assessment of penalties pursuant to this section. Such procedure
 13 shall include the opportunity for an administrative appeal. Any provider
 14 found to have violated this section and who is subsequently found to
 15 have violated this section five or more times within one year of the
 16 initial finding may be determined, at the discretion of the department
 17 and taking into consideration the geographic availability of similar
 18 services, to be ineligible to receive public funding for a period not to
 19 exceed five years.
 20 b. Any provider which has been deemed ineligible to receive public
 21 funding pursuant to this section may apply to the department for an
 22 order discontinuing such disqualification. The application shall set
 23 forth the grounds, including that the provider has taken sufficient
 24 actions to remove from responsibility officers and employees who engaged

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01368-01-5

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 1 in the actions that formed the basis of the violation, that the provider
 2 has taken appropriate and sufficient actions to ensure that the actions
 3 that formed the basis of the violation are unlikely to recur, and that
 4 it will not be in the public interest to continue the disqualification.
 5 § 3. Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by adding a
 6 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
 7 16. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to
 8 the contrary, a homeless individual or family applying for or receiving
 9 temporary housing assistance shall not be required to pay to any local
 10 or state government or agency or any provider, room and board or
 11 contribute any earned or unearned income, available benefits or
 12 resources to eliminate their need for temporary housing assistance or as
 13 a condition to receive temporary housing assistance. For the purposes
 14