New York S 10485: Enacts the "youth employment empowerment act (YEEA)"

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S10485 Summary:

BILL NOS10485 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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Add Art 16 §§650 - 657, Pub Hous L

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Creates a pilot program for families in public housing whose eligibility is threatened due to income earned by a member of the family who is under the age of 21.

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BILL NOS10485 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10485

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 creating a pilot
 program for families in public housing whose eligibility is threatened
 due to youth employment, and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "youth
 2 employment empowerment act (YEEA)".
 3 § 2. The public housing law is amended by adding a new article 16 to
 4 read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE XVI
 6 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT ACT
 7 Section 650. Definitions.
 8 651. Public housing and youth employment subsidy pilot program.
 9 652. Eligibility.
 10 653. Funding allocation and distribution.
 11 654. Payment of housing vouchers.
 12 655. Subsidy amount determination.
 13 656. Verification of income.
 14 657. Annual reports.
 15 § 650. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 16 terms shall have the following meanings:
 17 1. "Imminent loss of housing" means having received a verified peti-
 18 tion or notice of eviction; having received a court order resulting from
 19 an eviction action that notifies the individual or family that they must
 20 leave their housing; or facing loss of housing due to a court order to
 21 vacate the premises due to loss of eligible status.
 22 2. "Imminent rent increase" means having received a verified notice of
 23 an increase of rents due to being outside the eligible income range.
 24 3. "Public housing agency" means any county, municipality, or other
 25 governmental entity or public body that is authorized to administer any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15471-02-6

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 1 public housing program (or an agency or instrumentality of such an enti-
 2 ty), and any other public or private non-profit entity that administers
 3 any other public housing program or assistance.
 4 4. "Housing subsidy local administrator" means a public housing agen-
 5 cy, as defined in subdivision three of this section, or Section 8 local
 6 administrator designated to administer the public housing subsidy and
 7 youth employment pilot program within a community, county or region, or
 8 statewide, on behalf of and under contract with the public housing agen-
 9 cy. In the city of New York, the housing subsidy local administrator
 10 shall be the New York city department of housing preservation and devel-
 11 opment, or the New York city housing authority, or both.
 12 5. "Family" means a group of persons residing together. Such group
 13 includes, but is not limited to, a family with or without children (a
 14 child who is temporarily away from the home because of placement in
 15 foster care is considered a member of the family) or any remaining
 16 members of a tenant family. The commissioner shall have the discretion
 17 to determine if any other group of persons qualifies as a family.
 18 6. "Owner" means any private person or any entity, including a cooper-
 19 ative, an agency of the federal government, or a public housing agency,
 20 having the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units.
 21 7. "Dwelling unit" means a single-family dwelling, including attached
 22 structures such as porches and stoops; or a single-family dwelling unit
 23 in a structure that conta