Bill Text: NY A03208 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3208

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes housing authorities to operate bingo games; adds guests invited by residents of any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, housing authority, retirement community, or other group residential complex or facility to the scope of application; allows games to be conducted two days per week; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-23 - referred to racing and wagering [A03208 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A03208-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3208

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Racing and Wagering

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the  operation
          of bingo games

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Clause (B) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
     2  sion 2 of section 495-a of the general  municipal  law,  as  amended  by
     3  chapter 470 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (B)  within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, housing
     5  authority, retirement community, or other group residential  complex  or
     6  facility  where  (I)  [sponsored  by  the  operator of or an association
     7  related to such complex, community or facility,  (II)]  such  games  are
     8  conducted  solely  for  the  purpose  of amusement and recreation of its
     9  residents and guests invited by such residents, [(III)] (II)  no  player
    10  or  other person furnishes anything of more than one dollar in value per
    11  game for the opportunity to participate, [(IV)] (III) the value  of  the
    12  prizes  shall  not exceed ten dollars for any one game or a total of one
    13  hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, [(V)] (IV) such games are not
    14  conducted on more than one day per week and not more than [thirty times]
    15  two days during any calendar [year]  week,  and  [(VI)]  (V)  no  person
    16  [other  than  an  employee  or  volunteer  of such complex, community or
    17  facility conducts or assists] is paid to conduct or assist in conducting
    18  the game or games.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06237-01-5