S 8311: Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8311 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 succession rights for New York city housing authority properties 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 2 402-h to read as follows: 3 § 402-h. Succession rights. 1. The New York city housing authority 4 shall adopt policies and procedures allowing individuals to claim 5 succession rights to public housing units in properties owned and oper- 6 ated by the New York city housing authority upon the permanent departure 7 or death of the tenant of record from the unit. 8 2. The New York city housing authority shall establish written poli- 9 cies and procedures for asserting succession rights in compliance with 10 the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regu- 11 lations, and guidance. Nothing in this section shall limit, prevent, or 12 prohibit the New York housing authority from maintaining and updating 13 such written policies and procedures to comply with the requirements of 14 applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidance. 15 Such written policies and procedures shall also be consistent with the 16 New York city housing authority's occupancy standards. Such policies and 17 procedures shall include, but not be limited to: 18 (a) eligibility requirements for lease succession; 19 (b) relocation requirements, if any, arising out of lease succession; 20 (c) the requirement to pay use and occupancy during the pendency of 21 succession rights proceedings; and 22 (d) the right to an administrative grievance of the New York city 23 housing authority's denial of succession rights, provided that the 24 grievant is up to date in use and occupancy. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13001-07-5 
 S. 8311 2 1 3. The New York city housing authority shall issue notice in writing 2 of substantive changes to its succession rights policies and procedures 3 at least thirty days prior to implementing those changes, and shall 4 afford an opportunity to provide written comments with respect to the 5 proposed changes. The New York city housing authority shall consider 6 written comments prior to implementation of the proposed changes. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.