New York S 9214: Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

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S09214 Summary:

BILL NOS09214A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01948-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRJACKSON, KAVANAGH

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 29-A §1265, Priv Hous Fin L

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Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program which shall provide grants within amounts appropriated or otherwise available therefor to affordable independent senior housing properties to establish and operate resident assistance programs.

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BILL NOS09214A

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02/17/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

02/25/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/18/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

05/18/2026PRINT NUMBER 9214A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9214--A

 IN SENATE

 February 17, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, JACKSON, KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
 Construction and Community Development -- reported favorably from said
 committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to estab-
 lishing an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

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

 1 Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 29-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE XXIX-A
 4 AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 5 Section 1265. Affordable independent senior housing assistance program.
 6 § 1265. Affordable independent senior housing assistance program. 1.
 7 Establishment. The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of
 8 health, shall develop an affordable independent senior housing assist-
 9 ance program, which shall provide grants within amounts appropriated or
 10 otherwise available therefor to affordable independent senior housing
 11 properties to establish and operate resident assistance programs. The
 12 affordable independent senior housing assistance program shall be admin-
 13 istered by the division.
 14 2. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms
 15 shall have the following meanings: (a) "affordable independent senior
 16 housing property" shall mean any residential project which contains
 17 dwelling units that are affordable to residents at a specific income
 18 level pursuant to a statute, regulation, restrictive declaration, or
 19 regulatory agreement with a local, state, or federal government entity
 20 that is occupied by individuals over sixty years of age, who live inde-
 21 pendently and at least eighty percent of whom have a total household
 22 income that does not exceed sixty percent of the area median income;
 23 (b) "resident assistance" shall mean services or support offered to
 24 residents of affordable independent senior housing properties to help

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02348-03-6

 S. 9214--A 2

 1 promote healthy living by extending independence and improving quality
 2 of life; and
 3 (c) "division" shall mean the state division of housing and community
 4 renewal.
 5 3. Assistance. Allowable resident assistance shall be determined by
 6 the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of health;
 7 provided however, that the provision of such resident assistance shall
 8 not include any services or support that requires the property to be
 9 licensed as an adult care facility pursuant to article seven of the
 10 social services law or an assisted living residence pursuant to article
 11 forty-six-B of the public health law. Prior to issuing any grants pursu-
 12 ant to this article, the division and the department of health shall
 13 solicit input from various stakeholders to determine what would consti-
 14 tute resident assistance to ensure that such resident assistance would
 15 not require such licensure. A summary of such input an