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S5554 • 2025

Relates to the placement of homeless shelters

Relates to the placement of homeless shelters

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Sponsor
Stephen T. Chan
Last action
2026-05-14
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Relates to the placement of homeless shelters

Relates to the placement of homeless shelters Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the placement of homeless shelters Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-14 Senate

    DEFEATED IN CITIES 1

  2. 2026-02-24 Senate

    NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

  3. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO CITIES 1

  4. 2025-02-24 Senate

    REFERRED TO CITIES 1

Official Summary Text

Relates to the placement of homeless shelters
Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5554

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 24, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. CHAN, BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to the placement of homeless shelters

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 21-124.2 to read as follows:
     3    §  21-124.2  PLACEMENT  OF HOMELESS SHELTERS.   A. NO HOMELESS SHELTER
     4  SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF ANY TRANSIT FACILITY.
     5    B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TRANSIT FACILITY" SHALL
     6  MEAN A RAPID TRANSIT RAILROAD, OMNIBUS LINE OR ANY OTHER FACILITY OR ANY
     7  RAILROAD IN THE CITY USED FOR LOCAL SERVICE  IN  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF
     8  PASSENGERS  AS  COMMON CARRIERS FOR HIRE OR IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE
     9  UNITED STATES MAIL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND ANY PORTION THEREOF AND THE
    10  RIGHTS, LEASEHOLDS OR OTHER INTERESTS THEREIN, TOGETHER WITH THE DEVICES
    11  AND APPURTENANCES, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT THEREOF AND POWER PLANTS AND
    12  OTHER INSTRUMENTALITIES USED OR USEFUL THEREFOR OR IN CONNECTION  THERE-
    13  WITH.
    14    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    15  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08255-01-5