A 2066: Relates to veterans' eligibility for public housing; expands eligibility requirements to include veterans of the recent conflicts; requires granting of a preference for public housing to veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected disability.
What A 2066 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed legislation aims to provide preferences in the selection of tenants for public housing projects to veterans and families of veterans with military service-connected disabilities. The preference is granted to those who have served in the armed forces for at least six months, with specific service periods being between 1955-1975 and 2001-2024. The preference is only given if the applicant meets the standard eligibility criteria and the public housing authority has complied with federal regulations. The preference is intended to provide assistance to those who have made significant contributions to the country and may face additional challenges in finding affordable housing.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2066
- What is the current status of A 2066?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2066 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to housing".
- Did A 2066 pass?
- Not yet. A 2066 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2066, and where is it now?
- A 2066 was authored by Asm. Jenifer Rajkumar. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing. It is filed under PBG, alongside 19 other New York PBG bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2066 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to veterans' eligi- bility for public housing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 2 156 of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 3 2021, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) have served in the armed forces of the United States for a period 5 of at least six months (or any shorter period which terminated due to 6 death or injury incurred in such service), provided some portion of the 7 period of service was between the first of November, nineteen hundred 8 fifty-five to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five, or 9 between the fourteenth day of September, two thousand one to the thir- 10 ty-first day of December, two thousand twenty-four, and 11 § 2. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new 12 subdivision 8 to read as follows: 13 8. An authority shall grant a preference in the selection of tenants 14 to veterans or families of veterans who have a military service 15 connected disability provided that such veterans or families of veterans 16 otherwise qualify for occupancy in such an authority's projects and 17 provided further that such authority has complied with the provisions of 18 section 960.206 of title 24 of the code of federal regulations relating 19 to such preferences. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 21 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04073-01-5
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