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A 7107: Authorizes labor unions to work with the city of New York to finance the construction of affordable housing for its members.
What A 7107 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to establish a partnership between the city of New York and labor unions to finance the construction of affordable housing for city employees. The city can enter into a cooperative partnership with a collective bargaining unit to provide financing for affordable housing units exclusively occupied by city employees. To qualify as a city-employee housing unit, at least one resident must be an employee of the city, they must live in the unit for more than 50% of the year, and their combined income must be less than 125% of the area median income. Leases or rental agreements for these units cannot be extended or renewed if the criteria are no longer met. The bill takes effect immediately.
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 7107
- What is the current status of A 7107?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7107 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 7107 pass?
- Not yet. A 7107 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7107, and where is it now?
- A 7107 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 20, 2025 · 330 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7107 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, TAYLOR, GIBBS, KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to labor union financed housing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1154 to read as follows: 3 § 1154. Partnership with labor unions. 1. Notwithstanding any other 4 provision of law to the contrary, the city of New York may enter into a 5 cooperative partnership with any collective bargaining unit that repres- 6 ents employees of such city to finance the construction of affordable 7 housing for the members of such collective bargaining unit. 8 2. Any financing for the construction of affordable housing pursuant 9 to this section shall consist of units that are exclusively occupied by 10 employees of the city of New York. For purposes of this subdivision, a 11 unit shall be deemed occupied by an employee of the city if at least one 12 person residing in such unit is an employee of the city, such employee 13 actually resides in the unit for more than fifty percent of the year, 14 and the combined income of all members residing in the unit is less than 15 one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income. 16 3. A lease or rental agreement of any unit created pursuant to this 17 section shall not be extended or renewed to any person if the criteria 18 established in subdivision two of this section are no longer satisfied. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08303-01-5
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