Int 0703-2022
Requiring information on the timeliness of city-funded rental payments.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2022-09-29Local Law 2023/145
Enacted as Local Law 2023/145.
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Agenda: 2022-09-29Passed: 2023-11-05Enacted: 2023-11-05
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Social Services to, beginning March 1, 2024, submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website a quarterly report on the timeliness of CityFHEPS rental assistance payments. The report would include a table in which each row represents a unique voucher and would be required to include, at minimum, the rental assistance payment amount, the payment month, the zip code of the recipient, whether the payment was timely or late and why, and a description of steps to ensure timely payment in the future.
Committee on General Welfare — Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.
How it compares
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16 passed · 34 died
This bill: 370 days in committee
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Sponsors (31)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-09-29 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-09-29 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2022-12-15 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2022-12-15 · Committee on General Welfare
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-10-05 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2023-10-05 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmended by Committee
2023-10-05 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2023-10-05 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Council
2023-10-05 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2023-10-05 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2023-11-05 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2023-11-06 · City Council
Votes (10)
Aye (8)
Tiffany L. CabánAlthea V. StevensLincoln RestlerCrystal HudsonKevin C. RileyLinda LeeSandra UngNantasha M. Williams
Absent (1)
Diana I. Ayala
Excused (1)
Chi A. Ossé
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2023-10-05 · 2:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2023-10-05 · 11:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2022-12-15 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2022-09-29 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 703-A
- Summary of Int. No. 703
- Int. No. 703
- September 29, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-29-22
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 29, 2022
- Committee Report 12/15/22
- Hearing Testimony 12/15/22
- Hearing Transcript 12/15/22
- Proposed Int. No. 703-A - 9/25/23
- Committee Report 10/5/23
- Hearing Transcript 10/5/23
- October 5, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-5-23
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 5, 2023
- Int. No. 703-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Local Law 145
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-145.4 to read as follows:
� 21-145.4 Reporting on CityFHEPS rental assistance payments. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
CityFHEPS rental assistance payments. The term "CityFHEPS rental assistance payments" means recurring payments made by the department to landlords on behalf of tenants pursuant to chapter 10 of title 68 of the rules of the city of New York.
Scheduled payment date. The term "scheduled payment date" means the date when payments are to be made in accordance with section 10-14(b) of chapter 10 of title 68 of the rules of the city of New York.
b. CityFHEPS rental assistance payments report. Beginning on March 1, 2024 and quarterly thereafter, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website a report on the timeliness of CityFHEPS rental assistance payments for the prior completed quarter. The report shall include a table in which each row represents a unique rental voucher and shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
1. Rental assistance payment amount;
2. Rental assistance payment month;
3. Zip code of rental assistance recipient;
4. Whether rental assistance payment was timely or sent after the scheduled payment date, and reason for late payment; and
5. Where the late payment is caused by the agency, a description of the actions the department will take to ensure rental assistance payments are consistently made on or before the scheduled payment date for each late payment recipient.
c. No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable law relating to the privacy of individual information.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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