New York Senate Bill S01201 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1201 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the division of housing and community renewal, in collaboration with the New York state office for the aging, to establish a publicly accessi- ble online database of available senior housing units statewide; and to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring the New York state office for the aging to maintain the senior housing unit database The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 2 14-a to read as follows: 3 § 14-a. Senior housing unit database. 1. As used in this section, the 4 following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (a) "The office" means the New York state office for the aging. 6 (b) "The director" means the director of the New York state office for 7 the aging. 8 (c) "Local office" means a local area agency on aging, located in 9 every county in New York state except New York city where there is one 10 such local office that covers all five boroughs. 11 (d) "Database" means the senior housing unit database established by 12 this section. 13 2. (a) The division of housing and community renewal, in collaboration 14 with the New York state office for the aging, shall establish a publicly 15 accessible online database of available senior housing units statewide. 16 (b) Such database shall be published on the office's website, and 17 shall be maintained and updated by the office. 18 3. The available housing units displayed on such database shall 19 include, but shall not be limited to, designated senior housing units, 20 both public and private, and independent living, assisted living, and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04013-01-5 
 S. 1201 2 1 skilled nursing facilities. The database shall provide information about 2 such available housing units, including, but not limited to: 3 (a) address; 4 (b) monthly rent to be covered by tenant; 5 (c) rental assistance accepted, including, but not limited to, subsi- 6 dies and vouchers; and 7 (d) owner information, including name and contact information such as 8 address, phone number, and/or email address. 9 4. In order to maintain the senior housing unit database pursuant to 10 paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section, the director shall 11 direct each local office to collect information on vacant senior housing 12 units monthly. Each local office shall provide such information to the 13 office and the office shall update the database with such information 14 monthly. Local offices shall make such information available in office, 15 and may also make such information available on their own websites. 16 § 2. Section 202 of the elder law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 17 sion 14-a to read as follows: 18 14-a. to maintain the senior housing unit database pursuant to section 19 fourteen-a of the public housing law; 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.