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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3068: Subsidizes closing costs for low income current tenants who are purchasing a home

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

S 3068 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Subsidizes closing costs for low income current tenants who are purchasing a home. Primary sponsor: James Sanders (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 10, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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.

Calls for the state to subsidize a portion of closing costs for certain individuals who have been tenants of public housing projects or rent subsidized housing for the previous five years.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SandersPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
  3. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  4. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Sources

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