New York Assembly Bill A03264 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3264 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, WALKER, SHIMSKY, STECK, PAULIN, ROSENTHAL, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing certain shelters to be reimbursed for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 131-u of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 4 residential program for victims of domestic violence, as defined in 5 section four hundred fifty-nine-a of this chapter, which provides tempo- 6 rary housing assistance to a single individual who meets such program's 7 necessary eligibility requirements, shall be reimbursed for any payment 8 differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for 9 double occupancy, if no other room intended for single occupancy is 10 available within the facility. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06806-01-5