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Int 2408-2021

Proof of residency required for relocation services.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2021-09-23

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2021-09-23Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to make available on its website and in each borough service center, information about methods to verify occupancy that a tenant must provide to HPD in order to obtain relocation services.

Committee on Housing and BuildingsDepartment of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

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7 passed · 43 died

This bill: 99 days in committee

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Sponsors (2)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2021-09-23 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2021-09-23 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2021-09-23 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 26-301 of chapter 2 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 16 for the year 2017, is amended by adding a new subparagraph d to read as follows: (d) The department of housing preservation and development shall post on its website, and make available in each borough service center, the methods by which a tenant applying for relocation services may verify occupancy pursuant to subparagraph a of this subdivision, and that the department will also attempt to obtain records that verify such tenant's occupancy from the department of social services/human resources administration pursuant to subparagraph b of this subdivision. The department shall provide such information to such tenant upon notification to such tenant that such tenant may be eligible for relocation services. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of housing preservation and development may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date. GZ LS #14335/14340/18155 9/21/2021 1 2