New York A 1779: Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program

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A01779 Summary:

BILL NOA01779 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05541

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRTaylor, Burdick

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25, Pub Hous L

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Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program.

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BILL NOA01779 

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01/14/2025referred to housing

05/19/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA01779 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HOUSING Chair:Rosenthal 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means RosenthalAyeNovakhovAye

CookAyeFitzpatrickAye

KimAbsentBrown K Aye

WalkerAyeBrown EAAye

CruzAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

DavilaAyeChangAye

EpsteinAyeMaherAye

EichensteinAyeNorberAye

AndersonAye

BurdickAye

RiveraAye

JacksonAye

KellesAye

TapiaAye

LucasAbsent

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

DaisAye

TorresAye

Go to topA01779 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01779 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1779

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, TAYLOR, BURDICK -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to broadband access
 in the New York state low-income housing tax credit program

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 25 of the public housing law, as
 2 added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary
 5 to administer the provisions of this act. To the extent that such rules
 6 and regulations establish project scoring and ranking criteria, such
 7 scoring and ranking criteria shall include the commitment to use end-to-
 8 end fiber-optic architecture for the delivery of broadband service as a
 9 preference in the evaluation of project applications.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04721-01-5

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