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NY S 891

in committee

Directs the department of social services to establish a centralized homelessness crisis response data system

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 891 pass?

Not yet. NY S 891 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 891 about?

Directs the department of social services to establish a centralized homelessness crisis response data system through which state agencies, local governmental entities, including law enforcement agencies, court systems, school districts, and emergency service providers, and other relevant persons are able to share and access information related to individuals who experience chronic homelessness in order to connect or refer such individuals to services including affordable housing opportunities.

Who sponsors NY S 891?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 891, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Directs the department of social services to establish a centralized homelessness crisis response data system through which state agencies, local governmental entities, including law enforcement agencies, court systems, school districts, and emergency service providers, and other relevant persons are able to share and access information related to individuals who experience chronic homelessness in order to connect or refer such individuals to services including affordable housing opportunities.

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

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary
  • Kristen Gonzalezcosponsor
  • Zellnor Myriecosponsor

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

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8222not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2109not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 472not in this corpus

Official source

https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=S00891&term=2025

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