New York A 8969: Relates to the preparation and submission of a report regarding homeless persons who are veterans in the state of New York

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 
A08969 Summary:

BILL NOA08969 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORCunningham

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §§6-132, 6-140, 6-144, 6-204, 6-206, 15-108 & 3-220, El L

&nbsp

Removes the requirement that candidates include their home address on nominating or designating petition forms.

Go to top A08969 Actions:

BILL NOA08969 

&nbsp

08/13/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

Go to topA08969 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA08969 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08969 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8969

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing the require-
 ment for candidates to include their home address on petition forms

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-132 of the election law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part QQ of chapter 55 of the laws of 2025, is
 3 amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
 4 1. Each sheet of a designating petition shall be signed in ink and
 5 shall contain the following information and shall be in substantially
 6 the following form:
 7 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly enrolled voter of
 8 the.................... party and entitled to vote at the next primary
 9 election of such party, to be held on..............., 20...; that my
 10 place of residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto, and I
 11 do hereby designate the following named person (or persons) as a candi-
 12 date (or candidates) for the nomination of such party for public office
 13 or for election to a party position of such party.

 14 ________________________________________________________________________

 15 **(JOINTLY DESIGNATED CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR)**

 16 Name of Governor Residence and/or political
 17 Candidate subdivision of Candidate
 18 for Governor for Governor
 19 ............ .........................
 20 ............ .........................

 21 Name of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13395-03-5

 A. 8969 2

 1 Candidate for
 2 Lieutenant Lieutenant Governor Residence and/or political
 3 Governor subdivision of Candidate
 4 for Lieutenant Governor
 5 ............ .........................
 6 ............ .........................
 7 ________________________________________________________________________

 8 Public Office Place of Residence and/or
 9 or party position political subdivision
 10 Names of (include district number, (also post office address,
 11 candidates if applicable) if not identical)
 12 ............ ................ .........................
 13 ............ ................ .........................

 14 I do hereby appoint .............................. (insert the names
 15 and addresses of at least three persons, all of whom shall be enrolled
 16 voters of said party) as a committee to fill vacancies in accordance
 17 with the provisions of the election law.
 18 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year
 19 placed opposite my signature.

 20 Date Name of Signer Residence
 21 ............ ............ .........................
 22 ............ ............ .........................
 23 Town or city (except
 24 in the city of New
 25 York, the county)
 26 ............
 27 ............

 28 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a candidate shall not
 29 be required to list their full home address on the cover sheet or any
 30 page of a designating petition or independent nominating petition. In
 31 lieu thereof, the candidate may list the political subdivision in which
 32 they reside, such as the city, town, or village, and the county of resi-
 33 dence.
 34 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 6-140 of the election
 35 law, as amended by section 5 of part QQ of chapter 55 of the laws of
 36 2025, is amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follow