Int 1147-2013
Requiring the Department of Homeless Services to site new shelters in rotation by borough.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2013-08-22
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2013-08-22Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on General Welfare — Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.
How it compares
14% of similar bills passed
7 passed · 43 died
This bill: 131 days in committee
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2013-08-22 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2013-08-22 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2013-08-22 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-316 to read as follows:
§21-316. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section the term “shelter” shall mean temporary emergency housing provided to homeless adults, adult families, and families with children by the department or a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department.
b. Beginning no later than January 1, 2014, the department shall site new shelters in rotation by borough, alternating between each of the five boroughs. Once a shelter is sited in a borough, a second shelter shall not be sited in such borough until new shelters have first been sited in each of the other four boroughs.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
LS #7884-S8
JMG/AV
7/15/2013