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A 8775: Expands the veterans' preference to include veterans who did not serve during a time of war for Mitchell-Lama housing.
What A 8775 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to expand the veterans' preference in certain housing projects. It allows for preference in admission to open waiting lists for persons or surviving spouses of veterans who did not serve during a time of war. This preference is given by mutual companies, urban rental companies, or the New York State Housing Finance Agency when subleasing dwellings in these projects. For closed waiting lists, preference is given upon opening. However, residing individuals in limited-profit housing projects are given first priority for internal transfers within the project. The law takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8775
- What is the current status of A 8775?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 8775 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 8775 pass?
- Not yet. A 8775 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8775, and where is it now?
- A 8775 was authored by Asm. Linda Rosenthal with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Jun. 02, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 2, 2025 · 358 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8775 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to expand- ing the veterans' preference to include veterans who did not serve during a time of war for certain housing 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 31 of the private housing finance 2 law, as amended by chapter 621 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 7. Preference in admission to a project with an open waiting list, as 5 determined by the commissioner or the supervising agency, shall be given 6 by a mutual company or an urban rental company or by the New York state 7 housing finance agency when subleasing dwellings in projects of such 8 companies pursuant to section forty-four-a of this chapter, to persons 9 or surviving spouses of persons who are veterans as such term is defined 10 pursuant to section eighty-five of the civil service law, regardless of 11 if such veteran served during a time of war. The number of persons 12 given preference as a veteran or a surviving spouse of a veteran shall 13 be published adjacent to the application to be on such waiting list. For 14 projects with a closed list, as determined by the commissioner or the 15 supervising agency, such preference shall be given upon the opening of 16 the waiting list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, persons who are resid- 17 ing in a limited-profit housing project shall be given first priority 18 for an internal transfer in the project in which they are residing in 19 accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner or 20 the supervising agency. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05770-01-5
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