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Assembly Bill A11059

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to limiting the liability of low-income housing providers who receive government assistance, and establishing a temporary insurance stabilization program for such entities

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2025-A11059 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 33 §§1300 - 1301, Art 34 §§1310 - 1319, Priv Hous Fin L

2025-A11059 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the liability of low-income housing providers who receive government assistance; establishes a temporary insurance stabilization program for such entities.

2025-A11059 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11059
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to limiting
   the liability of low-income housing providers who  receive  government
   assistance,  and  establishing  a  temporary  insurance  stabilization
   program for such entities; and providing for  the  repeal  of  certain
   provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a  new
 article 33 to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE XXXIII
                  LOW-INCOME HOUSING LIABILITY STANDARDS
 SECTION 1300. DEFINITIONS.
         1301. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROVIDERS.
   §  1300.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "COVERED LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROVIDER" MEANS AN ENTITY THAT:
   (A) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT:
   (I) QUALIFIES AS AN APPROPRIATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (II) HOLDS AN OWNERSHIP STAKE IN THE HOUSING PROPERTY IT MANAGES OF AT
 LEAST FORTY-FIVE PERCENT;
   (B)  IS  AN  ENTITY  THAT  MEETS  THE DEFINITION OF HOUSING COMPANY AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW;
 OR
   (C) IS AN ENTITY THAT:
   (I) PROVIDES LOW RENT HOUSING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW; AND
   (II) RECEIVES SOME COMBINATION OF FEDERAL, STATE, OR MUNICIPAL FUNDING
 TO  EFFECTUATE  THE  PROVISION  OF  SUCH LOW RENT HOUSING, SUCH THAT THE
 HOUSING QUALIFIES AS A PROJECT AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN  OF
 SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15392-01-6
              

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