S 5554 NY
Relates to the placement of homeless shelters
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Summary
This bill prohibits the establishment of homeless shelters within five hundred feet of any transit facility in New York City. Transit facilities are defined to include rapid transit railroads, bus lines, and any other railroad or facility used for local passenger transportation as common carriers. The bill becomes effective ninety days after it becomes law.
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Official abstract
Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.
Sponsor (1)
- Stephen T. Chan Republican · primary
5 coauthors / cosponsors
- George Borrello Republican · cosponsor
- Mario Mattera Republican · cosponsor
- Peter Oberacker Republican · cosponsor
- Anthony H. Palumbo Republican · cosponsor
- Mark Walczyk Republican · cosponsor
Action history (4)
- Feb 24, 2025 REFERRED TO CITIES 1 · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO CITIES 1 · upper
- Feb 24, 2026 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED · upper
- May 14, 2026 DEFEATED IN CITIES 1 · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S05554 Summary: BILL NO S05554   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR CHAN   COSPNSR BORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, WALCZYK   MLTSPNSR   Add §21-124.2, NYC Ad Cd   Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
5554
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
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
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