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Int 1477-2025

CityFHEPS application response times.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2025-11-25

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2025-11-25Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to respond to an application for the City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (CityFHEPS) rental assistance voucher within 15 days after receiving the application. The response would inform the applicant of whether the application has been approved, denied, or requires correction or additional information.

Committee on General Welfare — Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.

How it compares

42% of similar bills passed

21 passed · 29 died

This bill: 35 days in committee

Similar bills: median 366 days · 209 days when passed

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Sponsors (8)

Gale A. Brewer(prime)
Amanda C. Farías
Nantasha M. Williams
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
Diana I. Ayala
Chris Banks
Julie Won
Lynn C. Schulman

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-11-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-11-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-12-03 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-12-03 · Committee on General Welfare
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on General Welfare · 2025-12-03 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
City Council · 2025-11-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (9)

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 21-154 to read as follows: � 21-154 Rental assistance application response time. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "CityFHEPS" means the rental assistance program established in chapter 10 of title 68 of the rules of the city of New York, or any successor program. b. Within 15 days after the department receives an application for CityFHEPS, the department shall inform the applicant of whether the application has been approved, denied, or requires correction or additional information. � 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. REC LS #18846/18850/19124/19439/19500 8/6/25 2:00 PM 1 1