New York S 5554: Relates to the placement of homeless shelters

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S05554 Summary:

BILL NOS05554 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCHAN

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, WALCZYK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §21-124.2, NYC Ad Cd

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Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 1

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

02/24/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/14/2026DEFEATED IN CITIES 1

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5554

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. CHAN, BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to the placement of homeless shelters

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 2 by adding a new section 21-124.2 to read as follows:
 3 § 21-124.2 Placement of homeless shelters. a. No homeless shelter
 4 shall be established within five hundred feet of any transit facility.
 5 b. For the purposes of this section, the term "transit facility" shall
 6 mean a rapid transit railroad, omnibus line or any other facility or any
 7 railroad in the city used for local service in the transportation of
 8 passengers as common carriers for hire or in the transportation of the
 9 United States mail or personal property, and any portion thereof and the
 10 rights, leaseholds or other interests therein, together with the devices
 11 and appurtenances, facilities and equipment thereof and power plants and
 12 other instrumentalities used or useful therefor or in connection there-
 13 with.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08255-01-5

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