New York A 10111: Authorizes the village of Herkimer, county of Herkimer to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland

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A10111 Summary:

BILL NOA10111 

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SPONSORTapia

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Add Art 12-A §§320 - 325, Pub Hous L

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Allows certain tenants to submit emergency housing transfer requests to the appropriate public housing agency; provides for support for survivors of domestic violence; provides for the creation of a centralized emergency housing transfer platform; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA10111 

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02/02/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10111

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 2, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to housing stability
 protections for at-risk tenants

 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 article
 2 12-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 12-A
 4 HOUSING STABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR AT-RISK TENANTS
 5 Section 320. Definitions.
 6 321. Emergency housing transfer prioritization and program
 7 portability.
 8 322. Optional fast-track to housing choice voucher program.
 9 323. Support for survivors of domestic violence.
 10 324. Implementation and reporting.
 11 325. Centralized emergency housing transfer platform.
 12 § 320. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 13 terms shall have the following meanings:
 14 1. "Survivor of domestic violence" means any individual who is a
 15 victim of domestic violence, as defined by section four hundred fifty-
 16 nine-a of the social services law, or who is a survivor of domestic
 17 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, as such terms
 18 are defined by 34 U.S.C. 12291(a).
 19 2. "Disability" shall have the same meaning as defined by section two
 20 hundred ninety-two of the executive law.
 21 3. "Reasonable accommodation" means a change in rules, policies, prac-
 22 tices, or services as may be necessary to afford a person living with a
 23 disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.
 24 4. "Emergency housing transfer request" means a relocation request
 25 from a tenant, where such tenant reasonably believes such tenant is at
 26 risk of harm if such tenant remains in such tenant's dwelling unit due
 27 to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14656-01-6

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 1 (a) domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault,
 2 as such terms are defined by 34 U.S.C 12291(a);
 3 (b) having a disability;
 4 (c) being a victim, or fear of being a victim, of a crime of intim-
 5 idating victim or witness under section 215.15, 215.16 or 215.17 of the
 6 penal law; or
 7 (d) being a victim of a traumatic incident.
 8 5. "Emergency housing transfer" means a tenant transfer made pursuant
 9 to an approved emergency housing transfer request, and shall include,
 10 but not be limited to, requests for emergency transfers under the feder-
 11 al Violence Against Women Act and reasonable accommodation transfers
 12 under the federal Fair Housing Act.
 13 6. "Centralized emergency housing transfer platform" or "platform"
 14 means the emergency housing transfer platform created pursuant to
 15 section three hundred twenty-five of this article.
 16 7. "VAWA coordinator" means a federal Violence Against Women Act coor-
 17 dinator designated by an authority pursuant to section three hundred
 18 twenty-three of this article.
 19 § 321. Emergency housing transfer prioritization and program portabil-
 20 ity. 1. Each authority shall ensure that emergency housing transfer
 21 requests submitted by tenants are processed with the highest urgency,
 22 prioritizing tenants in dwelling units deemed uninhabitable or struc-
 23 turally compromised.
 24 2. Verified emergency housing transfer requests shall be given priori-
 25 ty over any new applications for housing or other tenant transfer
 26 requests.
 27 3. An authority shall