New York A 6909: Relates to the placement of homeless shelters

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A06909 Summary:

BILL NOA06909A

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORChang

&nbsp

COSPNSRGallahan, Brown E, Smullen, Giglio, Novakhov, McDonough, Palmesano, Colton

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §21-124.2, NYC Ad Cd

&nbsp

Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility or within a building that has a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized dwelling unit.

Go to top A06909 Actions:

BILL NOA06909A

&nbsp

03/18/2025referred to cities

01/07/2026referred to cities

03/26/2026amend and recommit to cities

03/26/2026print number 6909a

05/21/2026held for consideration in cities

Go to topA06909 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CITIES Chair:Burke 
DATE:05/21/2026AYE/NAY:11/4 Action: Held for Consideration BurkeAyeChangNay

JacobsonAyeTannousisNay

RamosAyeBrook-KrasnyNay

FallAyeNovakhovNay

Gonzalez-RojasAyeBolognaExcused

JacksonAye

BronsonAye

DaisAye

ValdezAye

AlvarezAye

PowersAye

Go to topA06909 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA06909 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6909--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CHANG, GALLAHAN, E. BROWN, SMULLEN, GIGLIO,
 NOVAKHOV, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, COLTON -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Cities -- recommitted to the Committee on Cities in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to the placement of homeless shelters

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

 1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 2 by adding a new section 21-124.2 to read as follows:
 3 § 21-124.2 Placement of homeless shelters. a. No homeless shelter
 4 shall be established within five hundred feet of any transit facility
 5 nor within a building that has a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized
 6 dwelling unit.
 7 b. For the purposes of this section, the term "transit facility" shall
 8 mean a rapid transit railroad, omnibus line or any other facility or any
 9 railroad in the city used for local service in the transportation of
 10 passengers as common carriers for hire or in the transportation of the
 11 United States mail or personal property, and any portion thereof and the
 12 rights, leaseholds or other interests therein, together with the devices
 13 and appurtenances, facilities and equipment thereof and power plants and
 14 other instrumentalities used or useful therefor or in connection there-
 15 with.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08255-02-6

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps