§ 9-13 Agency Review Conference and HRA Administrative Appeal Process.
RCNY § 9-13
(a)Agency Review Conference.
(1)If an applicant or program participant requests an agency review conference, HRA shall informally review and attempt to resolve the issues raised.
(2)An applicant or program participant may request an agency review conference without also requesting an HRA administrative hearing. Requesting an agency review conference will not prevent an applicant or program participant from later requesting an HRA administrative hearing.
(3)An agency review conference must be requested no later than fourteen days after the challenged determination or action.
(b)Request for an HRA Administrative Hearing.
(c)Authorized Representative.
(d)Aid Continuing.
(4)If a program participant requests an additional appeal pursuant to subdivision (m) of this section, rental assistance payments will continue uninterrupted after issuance of the hearing decision until a written decision is issued pursuant to subdivision (m) of this section.
(e)Notice. HRA shall provide the applicant or program participant with notice of the date, time, and location of the administrative hearing no fewer than seven calendar days prior to the scheduled date of the administrative hearing, unless the issue underlying the request for an administrative hearing has been resolved and the applicant or program participant has withdrawn his or her hearing request.
(f)Examination of Case Record. The applicant or program participant or his or her authorized representative has the right to examine the contents of his or her HRA HOME TBRA case file and all documents and records that HRA intends to use at the administrative hearing. Upon request by telephone or in writing, HRA shall provide such applicant or program participant with copies of all such documents, and copies of any additional documents in the possession of HRA that the applicant or program participant identifies and requests for purposes of preparing for the administrative hearing. HRA shall provide such documents at no charge reasonably in advance of the administrative hearing. If the request for such documents is made less than five business days before the administrative hearing, HRA must provide the applicant or program participant with copies of such documents no later than at the time of the administrative hearing.
(g)Adjournment. The administrative hearing may be adjourned for good cause by the administrative hearing officer on his or her own motion or at the request of the applicant or program participant, or HRA.
(h)Conduct of Administrative Hearing.
(i)Abandonment of Request for Administrative Hearing.
(j)Hearing Record. The recording or written transcript of the hearing, all papers and requests filed in connection with the hearing, and the hearing decision collectively constitute the complete and exclusive record of the administrative hearing.
(k)Hearing Decision.
(l)Effect of Hearing Decision.
(m)Additional Appeal.
