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NY S07286
Bill
Status
4/18/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jesse Hamilton
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AI Summary
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Expands housing preference for NYC Housing Authority tenants with mobility-affecting disabilities to include lower-floor units in different projects, not just the same project.
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Prioritizes eligible households based on tenant preference: remaining within their current project or transferring to another project elsewhere.
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Requires medical documentation to support reasonable accommodation requests for lower-floor transfers due to disability-related needs.
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Allows the NYC Housing Authority to give higher priority to tenants requiring emergency transfers because their units have become uninhabitable.
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Takes effect on the same date as the 2017 law (S.2720 and A.4818) that originally established the lower-floor preference for disabled tenants.
Legislative Description
Grants tenants with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same or in a different project operated by the New York city housing authority, based on the tenant's choice.
Last Action
SIGNED CHAP.13
4/18/2018