Bill Commons

NY S 4968

in committee

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did NY S 4968 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4968 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CITIES 1

What is NY S 4968 about?

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown.

Who sponsors NY S 4968?

Jamaal Bailey is the primary sponsor of NY S 4968.

Description

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CITIES 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jamaal Baileyprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CITIES 1

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-14

    REFERRED TO CITIES 1

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8325not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3597not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2751not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4968?summary=&detail=

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