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NY A 501

in committee

Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 501 pass?

Not yet. NY A 501 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

What is NY A 501 about?

Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears; provides that all shelter arrears payments authorized for applicants to receive an emergency grant to pay for rent, property taxes or mortgage arrears shall be limited to once every year unless the district determines at its discretion that additional shelter arrears payments are necessary based on the individual circumstances.

Who sponsors NY A 501?

William Magnarelli is the primary sponsor of NY A 501, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears; provides that all shelter arrears payments authorized for applicants to receive an emergency grant to pay for rent, property taxes or mortgage arrears shall be limited to once every year unless the district determines at its discretion that additional shelter arrears payments are necessary based on the individual circumstances.

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

  • William Magnarelliprimary
  • Stefani Zinermancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9372not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 9734

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A501?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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