New York S 5001: Prohibits a service charge or minimum balance requirement for attorney trust accounts

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S05001 Summary:

BILL NOS05001 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRJACKSON, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §14, Pub Hous L

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Provides for including siblings of parents and children of siblings in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members to succeed in certain cases to the rights of certain tenants.

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BILL NOS05001 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/03/20251ST REPORT CAL.434

03/04/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5001

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, SALAZAR -- 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 the definition of
 "family member"

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 14 of the public
 2 housing law, as added by chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (c) that for the purposes of such regulations: (i) "family member"
 5 shall be defined as a [husband, wife, son, daughter, stepson, step-
 6 daughter, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister,
 7 grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, daughter-in-law,
 8 son-in-law, mother-in-law or father-in-law] spouse, child, stepchild,
 9 parent, stepparent, sibling, sibling of a parent, child of a sibling,
 10 grandparent, grandchild, spouse of a child, or parent of a spouse of the
 11 tenant; or any other person residing with the tenant in the housing
 12 accommodation as a primary residence who can prove emotional and finan-
 13 cial commitment, and interdependence between such person and the tenant.
 14 Although no single factor shall be solely determinative, evidence which
 15 is to be considered in determining whether such emotional and financial
 16 commitment and interdependence existed, may include, without limitation,
 17 such factors as listed below. In no event would evidence of a sexual
 18 relationship between such persons be required or considered.
 19 (A) longevity of the relationship;
 20 (B) sharing of or relying upon each other for payment of household or
 21 family expenses, or other common necessities of life;
 22 (C) intermingling of finances as evidenced by, among other things,
 23 joint ownership of bank accounts, personal and real property, credit
 24 cards, loan obligations, sharing a household budget for purposes of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00955-01-5

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 1 receiving government benefits, or such other factors as may be deter-
 2 mined by regulation;
 3 (D) engaging in family-type activities by jointly attending family
 4 functions, holidays and celebrations, social and recreational activ-
 5 ities, or such other factors as may be determined by regulation;
 6 (E) formalizing of legal obligations, intentions, and responsibilities
 7 to each other by such means as executing wills naming each other as
 8 executor or beneficiary, conferring upon each other a power of attorney
 9 or authority to make health care decisions each for the other, entering
 10 into a personal relationship contract, making a domestic partnership
 11 declaration, or serving as a representative payee for purposes of public
 12 benefits, or such other factors as may be determined by regulation;
 13 (F) holding themselves out as family members to other family members,
 14 friends, members of the community or religious institutions, or society
 15 in general, through their words or actions;
 16 (G) regularly performing family functions, such as ca