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A 2224: Relates to requiring affordable housing projects to calculate and only use the area median income for the specific county that the project is located in for determining affordability.
What A 2224 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to require affordable housing projects to calculate affordability based on the area median income of the specific county where the project is located. This change ensures that affordability standards are tailored to the local market conditions, rather than relying on statewide median income figures. As a result, the bill seeks to increase the effectiveness of affordable housing initiatives and promote more targeted and efficient allocation of resources.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2224
- What is the current status of A 2224?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2224 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 2224 pass?
- Not yet. A 2224 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2224, and where is it now?
- A 2224 was authored by Asm. Jo Anne Simon with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 218 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2224 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, ALVAREZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to requiring affordable housing projects to calculate and only use the area median income for the specific county that the project is located in for determining affordability 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 421-a of the real property tax law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows: 3 e. "Area Median Income (AMI)." Whenever calculating the affordability 4 of a project, AMI shall be based solely on the specific county where the 5 project shall be located. 6 § 2. All affordable housing projects, including, but not limited to, 7 421-a projects, shall only use the area median income (AMI) for the 8 specific county that the project is located in for determining afforda- 9 bility. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04855-01-5
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