New York A 3842: Establishes the insure our communities act

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A03842 Summary:

BILL NOA03842A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09942

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SPONSORForrest

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COSPNSRRivera, Epstein, Davila, Rosenthal, Levenberg, Kelles, Simon, Gallagher, Shimsky, Meeks,
 Gonzalez-Rojas, Tapia, Reyes, Raga, Carroll R, Simone

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 92 §§9201 - 9203, §§2354 & 215, amd §3425, Ins L; amd §102, Fin Serv L; amd §28-b, Bank L

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Establishes the insure our communities act to implement climate leadership and community protection act targets for insurers; identifies and protects such communities; relates to affordability of insurance rates; assesses covered insurance companies' record of performance at meeting insurance needs; requires covered insurance companies to file statistical reports, including information on insurance coverage in specific assessment areas and disadvantaged communities.

Go to top A03842 Actions:

BILL NOA03842A

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01/30/2025referred to insurance

03/06/2025amend (t) and recommit to insurance

03/06/2025print number 3842a

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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Go to topA03842 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3842--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the financial services law, and the
 banking law, in relation to establishing the insure our communities
 act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "insure our communities act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 4 declares the following:
 5 1. The Department of Financial Services has identified that New York
 6 state is "in the midst of an affordable housing crisis driven by numer-
 7 ous factors, including the availability of affordable insurance";
 8 2. The Office of Budget Policy and Analysis has identified that "rates
 9 of rental cost burden have increased across all income groups since
 10 2012" and "significant racial disparities exist among households suffer-
 11 ing from housing insecurity. In New York, 55 percent of households head-
 12 ed by a Hispanic person (any race), 50 percent of households headed by a
 13 Black or African American person and 48 percent of households headed by
 14 an Asian person had at least one housing insecurity problem, compared
 15 with 31 percent of households headed by a white person. People experi-
 16 encing homelessness were also disproportionately Black and Hispanic or
 17 Latino";
 18 3. A 2022 study conducted by the Department of Financial Services and
 19 New York State Homes and Community Renewal found that affordable housing
 20 developers "had seen premiums rise, even in instances where there had
 21 been no previous claims made, to levels that they deemed prohibitively
 22 expensive";
 23 4. The availability of fair and affordable insurance has a significant
 24 impact on community credit needs as homeowners and business owners need
 25 insurance coverage in order to secure residential or commercial loans,
 26 as well as to protect their homes and businesses when damages occur, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00753-03-5

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 1 housing developers need access to fair and affordable insurance coverage
 2 to secure financing for the development of affordable rental housing;
 3 5. A lack of fair and affordable insurance coverage can limit access
 4 to homeownership and business development, reduce the development of
 5 affordable rental housing, and can also limit lending and community
 6 development financing opportunities of institutions covered by New
 7 York's Community Reinvestment Act that evaluates banking institutions on
 8 their ability to meet credit needs of the entire community;
 9 6. Climate change, resulting primaril