File #: Int 0704-2022    Version: * Name: Receipt of rental assistance payments.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 9/29/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the receipt of rental assistance payments
Sponsors: Shaun Abreu, Alexa Avilés, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Sandra Ung, Rita C. Joseph, Diana I. Ayala, Farah N. Louis, Tiffany Cabán, Kalman Yeger , Eric Dinowitz, Erik D. Bottcher, Julie Menin, Marjorie Velázquez, Keith Powers , Justin L. Brannan, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Sandy Nurse, Chi A. Ossé, Christopher Marte, Lynn C. Schulman, Oswald Feliz, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Kevin C. Riley, Shahana K. Hanif, Nantasha M. Williams, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Kristin Richardson Jordan, David M. Carr, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Council Member Sponsors: 30
Summary: The bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide landlords the option to accept rental assistance payments via an electronic transfer into a bank account.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 704, 2. Int. No. 704, 3. September 29, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-29-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 29, 2022, 6. Committee Report 12/15/22, 7. Hearing Testimony 12/15/22, 8. Hearing Transcript 12/15/22

Int. No. 704

 

By Council Members Abreu, Avilés, Restler, Hudson, Ung, Joseph, Ayala, Louis, Cabán, Yeger, Dinowitz, Bottcher, Menin, Velázquez, Powers, Brannan, De La Rosa, Nurse, Ossé, Marte, Schulman, Feliz, Salamanca, Riley, Hanif, Williams, Brooks-Powers, Richardson Jordan, Carr and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the receipt of rental assistance payments

 

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 21-145.3 to read as follows:

§ 21-145.3 Rental assistance payments. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term “rental assistance payments” means payments made by the department to landlords on behalf of tenants pursuant to programs administered by the department.

b. The department shall provide landlords the option to accept rental assistance payments via an electronic transfer into a bank account.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

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