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Assembly Bill A1779

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program

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2025-A1779 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5541
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6740, S5911

2025-A1779 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program.

2025-A1779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1779
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  TAYLOR, BURDICK -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to broadband  access
   in the New York state low-income housing tax credit program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 25 of the public housing  law,  as
 added  by  section  1  of  part CC of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and  regulations  necessary
 to  administer the provisions of this act. TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH RULES
 AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISH PROJECT SCORING  AND  RANKING  CRITERIA,  SUCH
 SCORING AND RANKING CRITERIA SHALL INCLUDE THE COMMITMENT TO USE END-TO-
 END  FIBER-OPTIC ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DELIVERY OF BROADBAND SERVICE AS A
 PREFERENCE IN THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT APPLICATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04721-01-5

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