The Department of Social Services ("Department"), upon receipt
of a written notice from a Suffolk County Town Supervisor or Village
Mayor containing a list, at any one time, of up to 10 public assistance
housing accommodations that are in violation of applicable building
codes, ordinances or regulations of the municipality in which such
housing accommodations are located, shall contact the owners of such
housing accommodations to notify them as follows:
A. That the violation or violations must be remedied within 20 days
from the Department's communication to the owner; and
B. Unless such violation or violations are remedied within that twenty-day
time frame, the Department shall work with any public assistant recipient
residing at such housing accommodation to provide alternative housing
accommodations.
In order for the Department to act in connection with the written
notification sent by the town or village, the notification must contain
the name of the owner of the housing accommodation, a description
of the violations, along with the statutes, rules or regulations being
violated.
This article shall not alter or affect the duties of the Department
where safety and health violations, as defined by state law, are found.