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A 5325: Excludes from reporting requirements relating to environmental quality reviews actions to approve the siting or construction of housing in cities with a population of one million or more.
What A 5325 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the environmental conservation law to exclude certain actions from reporting requirements. Specifically, it seeks to exclude actions related to the siting or construction of housing in cities with a population of one million or more from environmental quality reviews. This change is intended to simplify the reporting process and reduce the burden on cities and developers. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5325
- What is the current status of A 5325?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5325 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 environmental conservation".
- Did A 5325 pass?
- Not yet. A 5325 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5325, and where is it now?
- A 5325 was authored by Asm. Michael Novakhov with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 161 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5325 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOVAKHOV, BROOK-KRASNY, CHANG, FITZPATRICK, PIROZZOLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to certain actions being excluded from reporting requirements relating to environmental quality reviews The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-0111 of the environmental 2 conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as 3 follows: 4 (d) Actions to approve the siting or construction of housing in cities 5 with a population of one million or more. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09463-01-5
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