New York A 1507: Requires shelter allowances be set at up to one hundred percent of the fair market rent for the local social services district

Status: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1507

Sponsors: Linda Rosenthal, Al Taylor, Andrew Hevesi, Anna Kelles, Catalina Cruz, Dana Levenberg, Demond Meeks, Gabriella Romero, Harvey Epstein, Jo Anne Simon, Karines Reyes, Khaleel Anderson, Marcela Mitaynes, Maritza Davila, Monique Chandler-Waterman, Rebecca Seawright, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Sarahana Shrestha, Tony Simone, Yudelka Tapia, Zohran Mamdani

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A01507 Summary:

BILL NOA01507 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01454

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SPONSORRosenthal (MS)

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COSPNSRMeeks, Taylor, Cruz, Epstein, Bichotte Hermelyn, Tapia, Mitaynes, Levenberg, Kelles, Simone,
 Mamdani, Anderson, Chandler-Waterman, Simon, Shrestha, Davila, Seawright, Hevesi, Reyes, Romero

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MLTSPNSRForrest, Steck

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Add §131-cc, Soc Serv L

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Requires shelter allowances be set at up to one hundred percent of the fair market rent for the local social services district.

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BILL NOA01507 

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01/10/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1507

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, MEEKS, TAYLOR, CRUZ, EPSTEIN,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, TAPIA, MITAYNES, LEVENBERG, KELLES, SIMONE, MAMDA-
 NI, ANDERSON, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, SIMON, SHRESTHA, DAVILA, SEAWRIGHT --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FORREST, STECK -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring shel-
 ter allowances be set at up to one hundred percent of the fair market
 rent for the local social services district

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 131-cc to read as follows:
 3 § 131-cc. Shelter allowances. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 4 law to the contrary, local social services districts shall pay the shel-
 5 ter allowance equal to the actual rent obligation of recipients up to
 6 one hundred percent of the current United States department of housing
 7 and urban development's fair market rent as of the date of issuance of
 8 the shelter allowance to the recipient for the corresponding unit size
 9 in the district in which the recipient resides.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04190-01-5

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