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NY A 6909

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Relates to the placement of homeless shelters

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6909 pass?

No. NY A 6909 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-05-21). Latest recorded action (2026-05-21): HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CITIES

What is NY A 6909 about?

Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility or within a building that has a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized dwelling unit.

Who sponsors NY A 6909?

Lester Chang is the primary sponsor of NY A 6909, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Description

Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility or within a building that has a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized dwelling unit.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-21 — HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CITIES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Lester Changprimary
  • Jeff Gallahancosponsor
  • Eric Browncosponsor
  • Robert Smullencosponsor
  • Jodi Gigliocosponsor
  • Michael Novakhovcosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Philip Palmesanocosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-18

    REFERRED TO CITIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CITIES

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-26

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-03-26

    PRINT NUMBER 6909A

    amendment-passage

  5. 2026-05-21

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CITIES

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6909?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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