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A 5905: Requires affordable housing units to be equally distributed throughout building projects.
What A 5905 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve the distribution of affordable units in certain projects. Affordable units must be proportionally dispersed throughout the project and have equal access to common spaces, amenities, and ingress and egress as market-rate units. Additionally, cities with a population of one million or more can waive these requirements for certain projects by majority vote. Projects completed prior to the effective date of the bill must ensure compliance with these requirements.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to real property taxation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5905
- What is the current status of A 5905?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5905 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 real property taxation".
- Did A 5905 pass?
- Not yet. A 5905 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5905, and where is it now?
- A 5905 was authored by Asm. Linda Rosenthal. Its committee of record is Assembly Real Property Taxation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to real property taxation |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | referred to real property taxation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 24, 2025 · 266 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5905 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the distrib- ution of affordable units in certain projects The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 421-a of the real property tax law 2 is amended by adding four new paragraphs (h), (i), (j) and (k) to read 3 as follows: 4 (h) Affordable units must be proportionally dispersed throughout the 5 project and may not be concentrated in certain floors, buildings or 6 areas of a building or buildings. 7 (i) Affordable units must have equal access to common spaces, amen- 8 ities, and ingress and egress as market-rate units. 9 (j) Within a city having a population of one million or more, the city 10 council may, by majority vote, waive the requirements of paragraphs (h) 11 and (i) of this subdivision for any project. 12 (k) Any projects completed prior to the effective date of this para- 13 graph shall ensure compliance with paragraph (i) of this section. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to 15 projects that remain in construction as of the effective date of this 16 section. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02875-02-5
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