New York A 10992: Relates to priority applicants and inspection of units under the housing access voucher pilot program

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A10992 Summary:

BILL NOA10992 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09430-A

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§608 & 613, Pub Hous L

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Relates to priority applicants and inspection of units under the housing access voucher pilot program; provides that priority shall be given both to applicants who are homeless and who are at risk of losing their federal rental subsidy; provides that housing access voucher local administrators shall inspect units for which a housing assistance payment contract is established.

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BILL NOA10992 

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04/14/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10992

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 14, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to priority appli-
 cants and inspection of units under the housing access voucher pilot
 program

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 608 of the public housing law, as
 2 added by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 3. Priority shall be given both to applicants who are homeless and to
 5 applicants who are at risk of losing their federal rental subsidy due to
 6 the imminent termination, reduction of funding, or changes in eligibil-
 7 ity in federal law or policy of the federal program that provides such
 8 rental subsidy. The commissioner shall have the discretion to establish
 9 further priorities as appropriate.
 10 § 2. Section 613 of the public housing law, as added by section 1 of
 11 part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as
 12 follows:
 13 § 613. Inspection of units. [Inspection of] Housing access voucher
 14 local administrators shall inspect units [shall be conducted pursuant to
 15 the procedures and standards of the Federal Housing Choice voucher
 16 program, as set forth in the applicable sections of Part 982 of Title 24
 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations] for which a housing assistance
 18 payment contract is established under this article, except as provided
 19 in section six hundred sixteen of this article.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 21 the amendments to sections 608 and 613 of the public housing law made by
 22 sections one and two of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
 23 sections and shall expire therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14959-06-6

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