S 8056: Permits the county of Westchester to grant a fifty percent preference in the selection of tenants in state aided housing projects to current residents of the county.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8056 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the selection of tenants in state aided housing projects in the county of Westchester 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 2 156-d to read as follows: 3 § 156-d. Selection of tenants; Westchester. Notwithstanding any other 4 provision of law to the contrary, the county of Westchester may adopt 5 and implement a local law which grants a preference in the selection of 6 tenants in state aided projects within such county of up to fifty 7 percent for persons, who at the time of application, are current resi- 8 dents of Westchester county, provided that such applicants otherwise 9 qualify for occupancy in such project. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to appli- 11 cations for occupancy received on and after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13127-01-5