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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 9255: Establishes the build up New York pilot program and the mass timber for affordable housing program to encourage the use of mass timber in affordable housing retrofits and additions

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 9255 is a bill introduced in the New York House on November 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the build up New York pilot program and the mass timber for affordable housing program to encourage the use of mass timber in affordable housing retrofits and additions. Primary sponsor: Didi Barrett (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 9255A.

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Official summary

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

Establishes the build up New York pilot program to provide grants to eligible municipalities that construct new accessory dwelling unit housing projects built on top of existing buildings that utilize mass timber and serve certain households; establishes the mass timber for affordable housing program to provide tax credits for eligible taxpayers who use mass timber in certain new construction or major retrofits of existing buildings that primarily serve households up to one hundred fifty percent of the area median income; establishes tax credits for mass timber production.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Didi BarrettPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Bill MagnarelliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Tommy John SchiavoniCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse1
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127

“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. PRINT NUMBER 9255A
  2. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING
  3. REFERRED TO HOUSING
  4. REFERRED TO HOUSING

Sources

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