S 5200: Relates to the New York city housing authority and mold remediation; establishes after reporting such authority shall have 15 days to remediate such reported mold.
What S 5200 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve the handling of mold in public housing units. The New York City Housing Authority is required to remediate mold within 15 days of receiving a report from a tenant. After remediation, the authority must inspect the unit to ensure the mold has been completely removed within 60 days. The bill takes effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5200
- What is the current status of S 5200?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5200 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, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT".
- Did S 5200 pass?
- Not yet. S 5200 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5200, and where is it now?
- S 5200 was authored by Sen. James Sanders. Its committee of record is Senate Housing, Construction, & Community Development. It is filed under PBG, alongside 19 other New York PBG bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
| Feb. 19, 2025 | REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 211 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5200 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the New York city housing authority and mold remediation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon 4 the report by any tenant of mold in a dwelling unit in any project oper- 5 ated by the authority, the authority shall have fifteen days to remedi- 6 ate said mold. The authority shall have sixty days from the remediation 7 to inspect the dwelling unit to ensure mold removal. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01948-01-5
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