New York S 871: Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing

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S00871 Summary:

BILL NOS00871 

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, GONZALEZ, HELMING, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MARTINS, MURRAY, MYRIE, RIVERA,
 ROLISON, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS, SUTTON, ZELLNER

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Add §62, Pub Hous L

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Establishes uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors applying for public housing.

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BILL NOS00871 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.169

01/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/13/2025PASSED SENATE

05/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/13/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.386

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/28/2026PASSED SENATE

04/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/28/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 871

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
 MYRIE, RIVERA, ROLISON, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS -- 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 establishing
 uniform waiting list priorities for domestic violence survivors apply-
 ing for public housing

 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 62 to read as follows:
 3 § 62. Waiting list priorities; domestic violence. 1. Where a local
 4 housing authority establishes applicant preferences on their waiting
 5 list, applicants who are victims of domestic violence shall receive the
 6 same priority as other disenfranchised populations, such as the disa-
 7 bled, the elderly and the homeless, where the victim of domestic
 8 violence:
 9 (a) will continue to suffer from domestic violence if they continue to
 10 live in current residence; or
 11 (b) has left the residence due to domestic violence and is not living
 12 in standard permanent replacement housing.
 13 2. For the purposes of this section, victim of domestic violence shall
 14 have the same meaning as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of
 15 the social services law.
 16 3. For applicants on the waiting list with the same preference status,
 17 local public housing authorities shall select applicants using the date
 18 and time of application, giving priority to applications in the order of
 19 which they are received.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to local
 21 housing authorities upon the addition of any person to any of the
 22 authority's waiting lists.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00197-01-5

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