Terms Used In New York Laws > Social Services > Article 2-A > Title 2 - Single Room Occupancy Support Services Program

• Administrator: means any person designated by a provider to be responsible for administration of service contracts, including servicing, claims management and processing, recordkeeping, customer service and collection of fees. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• charitable organization: shall mean entities established pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law or otherwise established pursuant to law. See N.Y. Social Services Law 42
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• contract holder: means a person who is the purchaser or holder of a service contract. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Eligible applicant: shall mean a not-for-profit corporation or charitable organization which operates single room occupancy units qualifying as an eligible project. See N.Y. Social Services Law 45
• Eligible cost: shall mean the cost to deliver one or more services to eligible residents to assist such residents to live independently, including information and referral, resident services coordination, crisis intervention, and other like services. See N.Y. Social Services Law 45
• Eligible project: shall mean those single room occupancy units occupied by eligible residents, within a building or portion thereof which is operated by an eligible applicant. See N.Y. Social Services Law 45
• Eligible resident: shall mean a person residing in a single room occupancy unit who is in need of services to live independently. See N.Y. Social Services Law 45
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• In-kind expenditures: shall mean the cash value of eligible costs that are not reimbursed under this title and may include but not be limited to materials, equipment, space or paid or volunteer staff. See N.Y. Social Services Law 45
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, reciprocal, syndicate or any similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• Premium: means the consideration paid to an insurer for a service contract reimbursement insurance policy. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• Provider: means a person who markets, sells, offers for sale, issues, makes or proposes to make or administers a service contract, and who is contractually obligated to provide service under a service contract. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• Provider fee: means the total purchase price or consideration paid for a service contract. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Service contract: means a contract or agreement, for a separate or additional consideration, for a specific duration to perform the repair, replacement or maintenance of property, or indemnification for repair, replacement or maintenance, due to a defect in materials or workmanship or wear and tear, with or without additional provision for indemnity payments for incidental damages, provided any such indemnity payment per incident shall not exceed the purchase price of the property serviced. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• Service contract reimbursement insurance policy: means a policy of service contract reimbursement insurance. See N.Y. Insurance Law 7902
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Single room occupancy unit: shall mean a private room providing living and sleeping space for no more than two persons with access to bathing and toilet facilities, within a building or portion thereof which is operated by an eligible applicant; provided, however, that in no event shall such unit be located in:
  
  (a) hotels, motels or other dwellings occupied transiently;
  
  (b) shelters for families or adults, as defined by the commissioner;
  
  (c) residential facilities or institutions which are required to be licensed by any state agency;
  
  (d) college or school dormitories;
  
  (e) clubhouses;
  
  (f) housing intended for use primarily or exclusively by the employees of a single company or institution; or
  
  (g) convents or monasteries. See N.Y. Social Services Law 45