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S 6469: Requires the New York city housing authority, in reviewing applicants, to grant domestic violence victims the same preference as granted to any other class of applicants.
What S 6469 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the public housing law in New York to improve the selection process for prospective public housing and Section 8 tenants in the city. The waiting list will be maintained by the New York City Housing Authority in compliance with federal laws and regulations. Tenants will be selected from the waiting list in the order they applied, with priority given to applicants who have resided in city-owned shelters or domestic violence shelters. Any priority or preference offered to applicants based on their residence in such shelters will be given the highest priority level. The changes will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6469
- What is the current status of S 6469?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 6469 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 6469 pass?
- Not yet. S 6469 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6469, and where is it now?
- S 6469 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare. Its committee of record is Senate Housing, Construction, & Community Development.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
| Mar. 14, 2025 | REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 14, 2025 · 348 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6469 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 preferences and priorities for prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the 2 public housing law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2010, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (e) All prospective public housing and Section 8 tenants shall be 5 selected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the New York 6 city housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and 7 Section 8 laws and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York 8 city housing authority and each respective project owner shall screen 9 tenants and jointly have final approval over tenant selection all in 10 accordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All prospec- 11 tive public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list in the 12 order in which they applied for the size appropriate unit, subject 13 however to preferences and priorities provided for in [the public hous-14ing law] this chapter and all applicable rules and regulations; 15 provided, however that, any priority or preference offered to applicants 16 based on their residence in a city owned, operated or contracted domes- 17 tic violence shelter or in a domestic violence shelter licensed by the 18 office of children and family services shall be offered at the highest 19 priority level offered to any other class of applicants. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05006-01-5
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