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NY S 1791

in committee

Eliminates asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1791 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1791 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 S 1791 about?

Relates to eliminating asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program.

Who sponsors NY S 1791?

Nathalia Fernandez is the primary sponsor of NY S 1791, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to eliminating asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program.

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

Sponsors

  • Nathalia Fernandezprimary
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    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 10417not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4391not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 742not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4519not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2061

Official source

Attribution

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

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