New York A 1504: Removes the requirement that rent arrears be repaid

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A01504 Summary:

BILL NOA01504A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01458-A

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRDavila

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §131-w, Soc Serv L

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Removes the requirement that rent arrears be repaid for social services districts located in a municipality with a population of five million or more.

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BILL NOA01504A

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01/10/2025referred to social services

05/15/2025amend (t) and recommit to social services

05/15/2025print number 1504a

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1504--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DAVILA -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Social Services -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to removing the
 requirement that rent arrears be repaid for social services districts
 located in a municipality with a population of five million or more

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

 1 Section 1. Section 131-w of the social services law, as added by chap-
 2 ter 41 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 131-w. Limitations in the payment of rent arrears. [Districts] Local
 4 social services districts shall not provide assistance to pay rent
 5 arrears, property taxes or mortgage arrears for persons not eligible for
 6 home relief, aid to dependent children, emergency assistance to needy
 7 families with children or emergency assistance for aged, blind and disa-
 8 bled persons, except to persons who are without income or resources
 9 immediately available to meet the emergency need, whose gross household
 10 income does not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal
 11 income official poverty line and, for social services districts located
 12 in a municipality with a population of less than five million, who sign
 13 a repayment agreement agreeing to repay the assistance in a period not
 14 to exceed twelve months. The districts shall enforce the repayment
 15 agreements by any legal method available to a creditor, in addition to
 16 any rights it has pursuant to this chapter. Local social services
 17 districts located in a municipality with a population of five million or
 18 more shall not require a recipient to repay assistance provided to pay
 19 rent arrears. The department shall promulgate regulations to implement
 20 this section which shall, among other things, establish standards for
 21 the contents of repayment agreements for applicable social services

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04179-05-5

 A. 1504--A 2

 1 districts and establish standards to ensure that assistance is provided
 2 only in emergency circumstances.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed in
 4 effect on and after March 13, 2020 and shall apply to any assistance
 5 provided to pay rent arrears on and after such date.

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