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Home/Bills/A 2424New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 2424: Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 2424 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill proposes to amend the Social Services Law to require that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits. This means that applicants must have lived in the state for a minimum of ninety days before they can be eligible for public assistance. The proposed change aims to ensure that individuals are genuinely in need of assistance and have a connection to the state, rather than being temporary residents.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to social services (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Joe DeStefanoJeff GallahanJodi GiglioJohn LemondesBrian ManktelowChris Tague
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to social services
Jan. 16, 2025referred to social services
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 197 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2424 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 5-b to read as follows: 3 5-b. No public assistance shall be given to an applicant for public 4 assistance who has not been a resident of the state for at least ninety 5 days prior to applying for such assistance. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 7 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01053-01-5 
Text of A 2424 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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