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Senate bill · S1838 (2025-26)

Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program

PassedLatest action Jun 3, 2026

New York State Senate

Same as A5641, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Sponsor

James Skoufis

State Senator, District 42 · Democratic

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Summary

Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program; enables municipalities to repair immediately hazardous code violations in buildings where the owner has not undertaken such repairs in a reasonable time.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the General Municipal Law.

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 21, 2026. About our data

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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To create a pilot emergency repair program to allow cities to directly address code violations where the owner has not undertaken repairs.

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Where it stands

Passed the legislature and is awaiting a signature.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Finance · New York State Senate

Also referred to Local Governments · New York State Assembly, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Cosponsors

Michelle Hinchey and Steven Otis

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The sponsor's argument

Why James Skoufis says this is needed

Around New York State, there are properties in cities that have been issued code violations by the jurisdictional municipality but continue to be in a state of disrepair either due to negligence or unwillingness by the owner to make the necessary repairs. This can create extreme safety issues for renters who reside at the property, and the property values in the surrounding neighborhood are slowly deteriorating. This bill seeks to remedy this issue by creating a program that would author- ize participating municipalities to make direct code enforcement repairs that the landlord has failed or refused to do.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMay 14, 2026Result: passed

    (45) (13) (0) (5)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Finance

    Senate FinanceMar 5, 2026Result: passed

    (18) (4) (0) (0)

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJun 10, 2025Result: passed

    (45) (13) (0) (5)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Rules

    Senate RulesJun 9, 2025Result: passed

    (17) (4) (0) (0)

Full history

  1. Jun 3, 2026

    Ordered to Third Reading Rules CAL.393

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.393

    NY Assembly

  2. Jun 3, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  3. Jun 3, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    NY Assembly

  4. Jun 3, 2026

    Substituted

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A5641

    NY Assembly

  5. May 14, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

Show full history (16 earlier events)
  1. May 14, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  2. May 14, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  3. Mar 10, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  4. Mar 9, 2026

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

  5. Mar 5, 2026

    1ST Report CAL.459

    1ST REPORT CAL.459

    NY Senate

  6. Jan 7, 2026

    Died in Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  7. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  8. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  9. Jun 10, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  10. Jun 10, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  11. Jun 10, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  12. Jun 9, 2025

    In committee

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  13. Jun 9, 2025

    Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1605

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1605

    NY Senate

  14. Apr 30, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  15. Feb 18, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    NY Assembly

  16. Jan 14, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate