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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6909: Relates to the placement of homeless shelters

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 6909 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the placement of homeless shelters. Primary sponsor: Lester Chang (Republican/Conservative). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2026): HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CITIES.

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 that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility or within a building that has a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized dwelling unit.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 4 · Republican/Conservative 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lester ChangPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Jodi GiglioCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse2
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118

“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. HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CITIES
  2. PRINT NUMBER 6909A
  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES
  4. REFERRED TO CITIES
  5. REFERRED TO CITIES

Sources

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