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History
- Referred to housing
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1568
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 7554a
- Amend (t) and recommit to housing, construction and community development
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
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Requires the NYC housing authority to provide a notice of opportunity to meet to discuss possible termination of tenancy when an occupant is aged 62 years or older
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Keith L.T. Wright
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BILL NUMBER:S7554A
Title of bill
An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New York city housing authority to provide elderly tenants with notice of opportunity to meet to discuss possible termination of tenancy
Purpose or general idea of bill
To give elderly NYCHA residents adequate notice of and ability to respond to termination of tenancy proceedings.
Summary of specific provisions
Subdivision (a) of this bill would require the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to personally serve a household having a tenant or occupant of record age 62 or older, and mail to the household unit by certified and first-class mail, with any termination of tenancy notice (also called a 'notice of charges'). This termination of tenancy notice would not allow NYHCA to schedule any termination of tenancy hearing less than 30 days from the service date of the notice. Subdivision (b) would require that NYCHA project managers arrange to meet with a household having an elderly tenant within seven days after service of the termination of tenancy notice, in order to discuss the termination of tenancy, or, within fourteen days after personal service, if such extension is so requested by a tenant.
Justification
While NYCHA has termination of tenancy policies, many seniors, who have lived in NYCHA housing for decades, have faced sudden evictions without adequate knowledge about, notice of, or ability to respond to termination proceedings. Many of NYCHA's elderly residents suffer from disabilities or illnesses that require them to employ the aid of family members or legal representatives, or be provided more time than might otherwise be required to terminate tenancy. Recognizing that, while NYCHA may pursue legitimate breaches of tenancy agreements, this bill balances that interest with the fact that many NYCHA seniors have not been afforded the necessary opportunity to defend themselves against termination of tenancy proceedings. Given the serious implications of pushing elderly New Yorkers out of affordable housing, this bill gives more structure to termination of tenancy process as applied to seniors.
Prior legislative history
This is a new legislation.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become law.
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