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A 1779: Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program.
What A 1779 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve broadband access in New York State's low-income housing tax credit program. The state's public housing authority will have to use end-to-end fiber-optic architecture for broadband delivery when evaluating project applications. This change will help ensure that low-income housing developments have reliable and fast internet connectivity. The updated rules and regulations will take effect immediately, with the goal of enhancing the overall quality of life for residents in these developments.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| May. 19, 2025 | reported referred to ways and means |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 212 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1779 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, TAYLOR, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to broadband access in the New York state low-income housing tax credit program 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 25 of the public housing law, as 2 added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary 5 to administer the provisions of this act. To the extent that such rules 6 and regulations establish project scoring and ranking criteria, such 7 scoring and ranking criteria shall include the commitment to use end-to- 8 end fiber-optic architecture for the delivery of broadband service as a 9 preference in the evaluation of project applications. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04721-01-5
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