New York A 1948: Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

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A01948 Summary:

BILL NOA01948A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09214-A

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRReyes, Tapia, Cruz, Burdick, Steck, Seawright, Lee

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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.

Go to top A01948 Actions:

BILL NOA01948A

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01/14/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

05/17/2026amend and recommit to housing

05/17/2026print number 1948a

05/20/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA01948 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HOUSING Chair:Rosenthal 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:24/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means RosenthalAyeFitzpatrickAye

CookExcusedNovakhovAye

KimAyeBrown K Aye

WalkerAyeBrown EAAye

Bichotte HermelAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

DavilaAyeChangAye

EichensteinAyeNorberAye

MeeksExcusedMolitorNay

BurdickAye

RiveraAye

JacksonAye

KellesAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LevenbergAye

DaisAye

TorresAye

ReyesAbsent

ZaccaroAye

Go to topA01948 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA01948 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1948--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, REYES, TAPIA, CRUZ, BURDICK, STECK,
 SEAWRIGHT, LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in accordance with Assembly
 Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02348-02-6

 A. 1948--A 2

 1 (b) "resident assistance" shall mean services or support offered to
 2 residents of affordable independent senior housing properties to help
 3 promote healthy living by extending independence and improving quality
 4 of life; and
 5 (c) "division" shall mean the state division of housing and community
 6 renewal.
 7 3. Assistance. Allowable resident assistance shall be determined by
 8 the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of health;
 9 provided however, that the provision of such resident assistance shall
 10 not include any services or support that requires the property to be
 11 licensed as an adult care faci