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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 162: Relates to the provision of legal representation to certain persons in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 162 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the provision of legal representation to certain persons in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings. Primary sponsor: Linda Rosenthal (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Linda RosenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  2. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source