A 821 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects

Summary

Specifies the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects; amends the definition of homeless project.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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What changed between versions

A821 → A821A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to clarify its legislative status and streamline its text. The main substantive change is that the original bill's definition of 'emergency congregate housing' was removed, while the core provision granting authorized visitors access to social services facilities was retained and slightly refined.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the definition of 'emergency congregate housing' that was originally included, while keeping the primary purpose of allowing legislators and other officials to visit social services facilities.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'emergency congregate housing' was removed from the bill text, which previously defined it as locations where individuals and families reside for more than 96 hours in shared facilities.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reorganized to add a new section 40-a instead of amending existing section 42, and the committee status was updated to show the bill was discharged, amended, and recommitted.

Minor text corrections were made to the visitor authorization list, such as changing 'in city council' to 'members of city council' for grammatical consistency.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

lower

Sep 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 821A

lower

Sep 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO SOCIAL SERVICES

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors