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A 7851: Provides retroactivity to the original date of eligibility for the senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE).
What A 7851 does, verified January 28, 2026
The bill aims to provide retroactive benefit calculation for senior citizens and people with disabilities who are eligible for rent increase exemptions in New York City. It modifies the Administrative Code to allow for a more favorable calculation of benefits, based on the applicant's initial eligibility date rather than the date of application. This change will apply to the calculation of benefits, but prior rental payments before the application date will not be subject to recoupment. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to aging (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7851
- What is the current status of A 7851?
- As of January 28, 2026, A 7851 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 aging".
- Did A 7851 pass?
- Not yet. A 7851 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7851, and where is it now?
- A 7851 was authored by Asm. Linda Rosenthal with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Aging.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to aging |
| Apr. 11, 2025 | referred to aging |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 11, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7851 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing for retroactive benefit calculation for the senior citizens rent increase exemption and disability rent increase exemption The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 26-605 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision (c-1) to read as 3 follows: 4 (c-1) For any eligible head of household who submits an application 5 for a rent increase exemption order pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) 6 of this section, the date of such application shall be deemed to be (i) 7 the date of the applicant's initial eligibility for a rent increase 8 exemption order, if the actual date of submission of the application is 9 two years or less after such date of initial eligibility, or (ii) the 10 date which is two years prior to the actual date of the submission of 11 the application, if such application is submitted more than two years 12 after the applicant's date of initial eligibility for a rent increase 13 exemption order, and the calculation of such rent increase exemption, 14 prospectively, shall be based upon the applicant's initial date of 15 eligibility and not upon the date of such application, provided, howev- 16 er, that the provisions of this subdivision shall only apply to the 17 calculation of benefits and no prior rental payments attributable to any 18 rent increase prior to the date of application shall be subject to 19 recoupment. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06870-01-5
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