What's happening
This bill requires the New York City Housing Authority to notify tenants of their right to add legal occupants to leases and provide related forms upon request.
Why it matters
Empowers tenants by making their rights more visible. By requiring a clear, bold notice about the ability to add legal occupants, the bill ensures tenants are better informed and less likely to miss opportunities to adjust their household legally.
Reduces administrative barriers for tenants. Mandating that NYCHA provide the necessary forms within seven days upon request streamlines the process, helping tenants avoid unnecessary delays or confusion when seeking to add legal occupants.
Strengthens due process protections. The bill requires that tenants be informed of their right to contest any denial of requests to add occupants, potentially reducing arbitrary or unfair rejections and giving tenants clearer avenues for recourse.
Could impact housing stability and family dynamics. By clarifying and facilitating the process for adding legal occupants, more families may be able to stay together or adjust to changing circumstances (such as births, caregiving needs, or economic hardship) without risking lease violations or eviction.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5555
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring that the New York city housing authority include a notice informing a prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease, and provide, upon request, a tenant with a form to add additional legal occupants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 of section 402 of the public housing law, subdivision 8 as renumbered by chapter 467 of the laws of 1971, are renumbered subdivisions 8, 9 and 10 and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
7. a. The New York city housing authority shall include, along with every lease or renewal lease offered to a prospective tenant or current tenant, a separate, clear and conspicuous notice, in at least sixteenpoint boldface type, concerning the tenant's ability to add additional legal occupants to the lease agreement.
b. Upon receipt of a tenant's request for a form to add an additional legal occupant, the authority shall, within seven days, provide the tenant with the appropriate form, along with a notice informing the tenant of the right to contest the denial of any occupancy permission request.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09575-01-7
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