Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate public housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
Asm. David Weprin
Sponsored bills
Waives the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who are employed in a public service job.
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
Requires that any father of an out-of-wedlock child be listed on such child's birth certificate; provides for a procedure for such father to contest such listing.
Relates to aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer.
Provides that a copy of the petition, affidavits, affirmations and exhibits thereto upon which process was issued, shall be served with the citation or other process, except where service is by publication, and except in a proceeding for a voluntary accounting.
Relates to font size for advertisements.
Prohibits the sale of jewelry that includes a small magnet which is meant to mimic a tongue, lip or nose piercing; requires a warning printed on the packaging of any other products containing a small magnet.
Limits New York City water board's authority to increase rates charged by no more than 5% annually or current rate of inflation, whichever is greater.
Establishes the crime of unlawful procurement of clients, patients or customers for knowingly acting as a runner, or using, soliciting, directing, hiring or employing another person to act as a runner; defines a "runner" as a person, who knowingly, for profit, seeks to procure clients, patients or customers on behalf of an attorney or health care provider for the purpose of falsely or fraudulently obtaining benefits under a contract of insurance or asserting a claim against an insurer or insured for the services provided by such attorney or health care provider.