Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility

Latest action Mar 27, 2026

Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of household's temporary increase in income.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A10721, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Aging · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Aging · New York State Senate, Housing, Construction And Community Development · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of this legislation is to guarantee that recipients of the SCRIE benefit not be subject to hindsight rent increases due to a period of ineligibility.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateFeb 9, 2026Result: passed
(60) (0) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Housing, Construction And Community Development
Senate Housing, Construction And Community DevelopmentJan 27, 2026Result: passed
(10) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 15, 2025Result: passed
(52) (0) (0) (10)
Vote: Committee vote · Housing, Construction And Community Development
Senate Housing, Construction And Community DevelopmentMar 3, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Jake Ashby, Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. and 3 more on Agora

Democratic4
Republican1

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Kevin S. Parker says this is needed

As it exists today, the SCRIE program contains a loophole that signif- icantly hurts those senior citizens it is intended to help. Very frequently, a senior may see his or her income experience an anomalous spike, because of the need to take an additional distribution from an IRA or a pension to cover medical expenses, for example, or other one time increases in income. This income spike will disqualify the appli- cant from the benefit. When the senior's income returns to normal, and the beneficiary re-applies, his or her rent gets frozen not at the old level, but at the current, higher foil legal rent, which is greater than the previously frozen rent. This sudden income spike can effectively push tenants out of the apartments SCRIE was intended to keep them in. This legislation will prevent the disqualification of seniors from the program because of one-time spikes in income within two years.

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.

Full history

Mar 27, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO AGING
NY Assembly
Feb 9, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Feb 9, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Feb 9, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO AGING
NY Assembly
Jan 29, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate

Show full history (11 earlier events)

Jan 28, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Jan 27, 2026
1ST Report CAL.163
1ST REPORT CAL.163
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NY Senate
May 15, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 15, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 15, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO AGING
NY Assembly
Mar 5, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Mar 3, 2025
1ST Report CAL.432
1ST REPORT CAL.432
NY Senate
Feb 3, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
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