New York A 9666: Establishes the Adirondack park affordable housing task force

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A09666 Summary:

BILL NOA09666 

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Establishes the Adirondack park affordable housing task force; requires such task force to conduct a comprehensive review of affordable housing issues within the Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing such issues.

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BILL NOA09666 

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01/21/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9666

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CASHMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Housing

 AN ACT in relation to establishing the Adirondack park affordable hous-
 ing task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
 expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Adirondack
 2 park affordable housing act".
 3 § 2. 1. There is hereby established an Adirondack park affordable
 4 housing task force, hereinafter referred to as the "task force", to
 5 conduct a comprehensive review of affordable housing issues within the
 6 Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing those issues.
 7 The task force shall consist of 27 members which shall include: the
 8 commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal or their
 9 designee; the commissioner of labor or their designee; the executive
 10 director of the Adirondack park agency or their designee; one represen-
 11 tative from each county which contains a part of the Adirondack park,
 12 appointed by such counties' legislature or board of supervisors; the
 13 president of the Adirondack community housing trust or their designee;
 14 and ten other members to be appointed by the governor as follows: two
 15 upon the recommendation of the temporary president of the senate; two
 16 upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly; one upon the
 17 recommendation of the minority leader of the senate; one upon the recom-
 18 mendation of the minority leader of the assembly; and four without
 19 recommendation from any other person.
 20 2. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 21 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
 22 the performance of their duties, to the extent funds are appropriated
 23 for such purpose. The commissioner of the division of housing and commu-
 24 nity renewal, or their designee, and the executive director of the
 25 Adirondack park agency, or their designee, shall serve as joint chairs
 26 of the task force. A majority of the members of the task force shall
 27 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07686-02-6

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 1 any power or function of the task force. Any vacancies on the task force
 2 shall be filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.
 3 3. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
 4 meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution,
 5 or government entity or person, to enable it to accomplish its duties.
 6 To effectuate the purposes of this act, the task force may request and
 7 shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission
 8 or other agency of the state or any state public authority such assist-
 9 ance, information and data as will enable the task force to properly
 10 carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
 11 4. The task force shall undertake a review and assessment of afforda-
 12 ble housing within the Adirondack park, including, but not limited to:
 13 the past, current and projected future availability of affordable hous-
 14 ing within the park; the factors causing or contributing to the lack of
 15 affordable housing in the park; and proposed legislative, policy or
 16 other measures that can be implemented to increase the availability of
 17 affordable housing in the