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NY A 629

in committee

Relates to establishing the tenancy deposit protection program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 629 pass?

Not yet. NY A 629 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 629 about?

Relates to establishing the tenancy deposit protection program; requires the commissioner of housing and community renewal to establish a program to hold security deposits in third-party accounts and create a dispute resolution process regarding the withholding of security deposits.

Who sponsors NY A 629?

Linda Rosenthal is the primary sponsor of NY A 629, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to establishing the tenancy deposit protection program; requires the commissioner of housing and community renewal to establish a program to hold security deposits in third-party accounts and create a dispute resolution process regarding the withholding of security deposits.

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

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Steven Ragacosponsor
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor

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

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 257not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5265not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3705not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A629?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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