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Article: ASSEMBLYMAN BING'S LEGISLATION TO HELP SENIORS WITH RENT COSTS PASSES ASSEMBLY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 23, 2006
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Assemblyman Jonathan Bing, D-Manhattan (73rd District), issued the following press release:
Assemblyman Jonathan L. Bing (D-Manhattan) announced Assembly passage of a bill he authored that will enable more seniors to afford to stay in their homes. With over 40 sponsors, Bing's bill would exclude Social Security income and supplemental Social Security income when determining eligibility for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) program (A.3372). This legislation is being carried in the Senate by Senator Serphin Maltese (S.6980).
"Each year the rate of inflation increases at a far greater rate than the increases in social security income benefits, putting many senior citizens who ...