New York Senate Bill 7791

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on December 6 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-01 - PRINT NUMBER 7791A
Pending: Senate Housing, Construction, and Community Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

Sen. Andrew Gounardes [D]	Sen. Jamaal Bailey [D]	Sen. Cordell Cleare [D]	Sen. Leroy Comrie [D]
Sen. Jeremy Cooney [D]	Sen. Peter Harckham [D]	Sen. Michelle Hinchey [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]
Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Brian Kavanagh [D]	Sen. Rachel May [D]	Sen. Shelley Mayer [D]
Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]	Sen. Kevin Parker [D]	Sen. Jessica Ramos [D]	Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]
Sen. Sean Ryan [D]	Sen. Julia Salazar [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Sen. Toby Stavisky [D]
Sen. Lea Webb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-01	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 7791A
2024-05-01	Senate	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2023-12-06	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES

A08386 (Same As) 2024-05-02 - print number 8386a

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7791
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07791&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S07791
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07791&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S07791A