New York A 868: Grants immunity from liability for personal injury and property damage sustained by a crime victim upon the premises of a business or nonprofit seeking assistance

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A00868 Summary:

BILL NOA00868A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §131-cc, Soc Serv L; add §231-d, RP L

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Requires the office of mental health to provide an informational notice to supportive housing tenants which contains information about a supportive housing tenant's rights as a tenant, information about their building and other related information.

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BILL NOA00868A

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01/08/2025referred to people with disabilities

02/27/2025reference changed to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

03/06/2026amend and recommit to social services

03/06/2026print number 868a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 868--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on People with Disabilities -- reference changed to the
 Committee on Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social
 Services in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring super-
 vising state and city agencies to provide an informational notice to
 supportive housing tenants

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 131-cc to read as follows:
 3 § 131-cc. Supportive housing tenants; required informational notice.
 4 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 (a) "Dwelling unit" shall mean any building or structure or portion
 7 thereof which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence or
 8 sleeping place of one or more individuals.
 9 (b) "Supervising agencies" shall mean the office of mental health,
 10 which may coordinate with the New York state office of temporary and
 11 disability assistance, the New York state department of health, the New
 12 York state office of addiction services and supports, the New York state
 13 office for people with developmental disabilities, the New York city
 14 department of health and mental hygiene, New York city department of
 15 housing preservation and development, the New York city HIV/AIDS
 16 services administration, and the New York city human resources adminis-
 17 tration to draft the notice.
 18 (c) "Supportive housing" means affordable, permanent, or transitional
 19 housing with support services for tenants.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02512-04-6

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 1 (d) "Tenant" means an individual occupying, or intending to occupy, a
 2 dwelling unit for thirty consecutive days or more.
 3 (e) "Supportive housing tenant" means any tenant residing in a dwell-
 4 ing unit that is funded, in whole or in part, pursuant to a contract
 5 with any city or state agency to provide supportive housing and/or
 6 services. Such definition shall include tenants occupying apartments
 7 leased by a non-governmental agency pursuant to a supportive housing
 8 contract, and to both licensed and unlicensed programs.
 9 2. Supervising agencies shall be required to provide every supportive
 10 housing tenant or potential tenant at the time of an applicant interview
 11 to obtain housing, at the signing of an initial lease, at each lease
 12 renewal and upon request at any time, a notice of tenant rights approved
 13 by such supervising agency using plain and simple language. Such notice
 14 shall be made available in English and in the primary language spoken by
 15 the tenant or potential tenant. Any supportive housing landlord or
 16 supervising agency initiating an eviction proceeding shall be required
 17 to serve such notice to any tenant or occupant with any notification of
 18 eviction, notice of termination, notice to cure, or notification of
 19 termination of assistance.