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A 7703: Provides preferences in contracts under the affordable home ownership program to police officers, teachers and firefighters who live in the municipality or school district in which they work; defines relevant terms.
What A 7703 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the private housing finance law to provide preferences under the Affordable Home Ownership Development Program. The program is designed to serve the lowest-income households in the applicable region and maintain affordability over a substantial period. Additionally, the program will offer preferences to households where the home buyer is employed as a police officer, firefighter, or teacher, provided the home is located within the area served by the relevant department or school. The bill defines key terms, including "police officer," "firefighter," and "teacher," to clarify the eligibility criteria. The amended law will take effect 30 days after the bill becomes a law.
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 7703
- What is the current status of A 7703?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7703 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 7703 pass?
- Not yet. A 7703 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7703, and where is it now?
- A 7703 was authored by Asm. Michael Fitzpatrick with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Apr. 08, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 8, 2025 · 360 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7703 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to prefer- ences under the affordable home ownership development program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the 2 private housing finance law, as amended by chapter 898 of the laws of 3 1986, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is 5 designed to continue to be affordable to such households for a substan- 6 tial period of time or serve households in which the home buyer is 7 employed as a police officer, firefighter or teacher, provided that such 8 home is located within the boundaries of the area served by the police 9 department, fire department, or elementary or secondary school where 10 such person is so employed. As used in this paragraph: "police officer" 11 shall mean a person who is currently employed as a sworn officer of an 12 authorized police department or force of a city, town or village; "fire- 13 fighter" shall mean a person who is currently employed on a permanent 14 basis as an officer or member of an organized fire department of a city, 15 town, village or fire district; and "teacher" shall mean a person who is 16 currently employed in a teaching capacity in an elementary or secondary 17 school in this state, has graduated from an accredited college or 18 university and holds a valid state teaching certificate issued pursuant 19 to article sixty-one of the education law. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04351-01-5
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