New York A 11137: Requires community median income be used by certain affordable housing programs in N.Y. City

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A11137 Summary:

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Requires community median income be used by certain affordable housing programs in a city having a population of one million or more; requires affordable housing programs using state funding to cover 33 percent or more of the construction costs of a building or buildings to use community median income to determine income eligibility and rent levels; exempts programs utilizing federal funding.

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04/24/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11137

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 24, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Housing

 AN ACT in relation to requiring community median income be used by
 certain affordable housing programs in a city having a population of
 one million or more

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

 1 Section 1. 1. For the purposes of this act, "community median income"
 2 means the median income for individual zip codes as determined by the
 3 most recent federal census.
 4 2. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, within
 5 cities having a population of one million or more, any affordable hous-
 6 ing program, utilizing state funding to cover 33 percent or more of the
 7 construction cost of a building or buildings initiated after the effec-
 8 tive date of this act shall use community median income to determine
 9 income eligibility and rent levels for affordable housing lotteries and
 10 programs within such buildings. The utilization of federal funding
 11 sources shall exempt such programs from the provisions of this act.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 13 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.
 LBD15234-01-6

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