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A 8702: Extends certain provisions relating to payments under the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program.
What A 8702 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to extend the effectiveness of certain provisions related to a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program and a municipal corporation allocation fund. This program provides support for renters affected by the pandemic. The bill modifies the program's duration, allowing it to remain in effect indefinitely. Additionally, the bill repeals provisions that were set to expire on September 30, 2025.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s8390 (2025-06-16)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8702
- What is the current status of A 8702?
- As of September 28, 2025, A 8702 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 16, 2025, was "substituted by s8390".
- Did A 8702 pass?
- Not yet. A 8702 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8702, and where is it now?
- A 8702 was authored by Asm. Linda Rosenthal with 1 coauthor.
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| Jun. 16, 2025 | substituted by s8390 |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.639 |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | rules report cal.639 |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | reported |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 30, 2025 · 239 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8702 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021 relating to establishing a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program and amending the state finance law relating to establishing a COVID-19 emergency rental municipal corporation allocation fund, in relation to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 56 of the laws 2 of 2021, relating to establishing a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance 3 program and amending the state finance law relating to establishing a 4 COVID-19 emergency rental municipal corporation allocation fund, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately [and]; provided, however 7 that sections one, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ten, eleven, 8 twelve, thirteen and fourteen of section one and section two of this act 9 shall expire and be deemed repealed September 30, 2025. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13215-01-5
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