New York A 7670: Excludes veterans' disability benefits from probable aggregate annual income

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

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 7670

Sponsors: Steve Stern

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Amd §156, Pub Hous L

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Provides that, for purposes of veterans seeking to qualify for public housing, "probable aggregate annual income" shall not include disability benefits paid by federal government to veterans for service-connected disabilities; provides that such disability benefits shall not be included in computing any surcharge against such veterans.

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04/04/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7670

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the exclusion of
 veterans' disability benefits from computation of income

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

 1 Section 1. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 3 8. For the purposes of this section, probable aggregate annual
 4 income shall not include disability benefits paid by the federal govern-
 5 ment to a veteran for a service-connected disability nor shall such
 6 disability benefits be included in computing any surcharge against such
 7 veteran.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04130-01-5

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