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NY A 597

in committee

Includes additional community districts in which pilot programs to address the legalization or conversion of certain basement and cellar dwellings can be established by local law

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 597 pass?

Not yet. NY A 597 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HOUSING

What is NY A 597 about?

Includes additional community districts in which pilot programs to address the legalization or conversion of certain basement and cellar dwellings can be established by local law.

Who sponsors NY A 597?

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas is the primary sponsor of NY A 597, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Includes additional community districts in which pilot programs to address the legalization or conversion of certain basement and cellar dwellings can be established by local law.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HOUSING
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojasprimary
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Alex Borescosponsor
  • Steven Ragacosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Latrice Walkercosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Robert C. Carrollcosponsor
  • Demond Meekscosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10249not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 2507

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A597?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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