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 housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
Asm. George Alvarez
Sponsored bills
Relates to the requirement that hearings for traffic infractions shall be conducted in person.
Relates to spending by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; requires the MTA to allocate funds received for tax years 2023-2026 in certain amounts for certain purposes; requires the authority to freeze fares, increase service frequency, and implement a fare-free bus program; requires the MTA to use certain excess monies, if available, to pay off outstanding debts.
Requires at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses and for state colleges and universities to update such ratio every five years.
Provides that a prior conviction within the past two years for petit larceny shall raise a subsequent offense to grand larceny in the fourth degree.
Prohibits eviction without good cause; sets forth grounds for removal of tenants.
Establishes an unemployment bridge program and an unemployment bridge program fund to provide wage replacement to workers that do not qualify for unemployment insurance or other worker wage assistance programs and who have lost a major source of income due to lost work (Part A); establishes the "Digital Ad Tax Act (DATA)" creating a tax on digital advertising services (Part B).
Exempts service as a farm laborer where such service is an internship granting college course credit from the definition of employee and employment for the purposes of certain workers' compensation benefits.
Allows CUNY community college students to transfer all earned credits to a New York state university.
Provides for unlisted telephone directory numbers without charge, for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.