S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5275
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to  requiring  the Department of Homeless Services to notify
         the affected community board prior to  locating  transitional  housing
         for the homeless
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
    2  by adding a new section 21-317 to read as follows:
    3    S  21-317  COMMUNITY  NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 1. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT
    4  INTENDS TO USE A NEW LOCATION AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR ELIGIBLE HOME-
    5  LESS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, OR  EXPAND  AN  EXISTING  LOCATION  WHERE
    6  TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS PROVIDED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE NOTIFI-
    7  CATION  IN  WRITING TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT IN
    8  WHICH THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL BE LOCATED.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  BE
    9  PROVIDED  AT  LEAST  SIXTY  DAYS  BEFORE  THE  DEPARTMENT  ENTERS INTO A
   10  CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROVIDER  OR  OTHER-
   11  WISE  FINALIZES ITS DECISION TO USE OR EXPAND A LOCATION AS TRANSITIONAL
   12  HOUSING.
   13    2. THE NOTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE  THE  ADDRESS  OF  THE  TRANSITIONAL
   14  HOUSING, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HOUSED, THE NAME OF THE PERSON
   15  OR  ENTITY OPERATING THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THE NAME OF ANY ORGANIZA-
   16  TION, WHETHER FOR-PROFIT  OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT,  THAT  WILL  BE  PROVIDING
   17  SERVICES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THE TYPE OF TRAN-
   18  SITIONAL  HOUSING,  A DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED,
   19  THE RATIONALE FOR CHOOSING SUCH LOCATION, AND  AN  APPROXIMATE  SCHEDULE
   20  FOR WHEN SUCH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL BE USED OR EXPANDED.
   21    3. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY OPER-
   22  ATED OR CONTRACTED FOR, BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, REGARDLESS OF
   23  ITS SIZE AND CAPACITY.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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