A 6283 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act

Summary

Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act"; exempts or limits environmental review under SEQR for the construction of certain new residential units to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl; limits certain rights to action under SEQR; makes related provisions.

Issues: ✗ Environment ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A6283 → A6283A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to add three new sponsors and update the legislative status. The text of the bill itself was modified to expand eligibility for affordable housing projects by allowing them in villages with low population density and clarifying environmental assessment requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include villages with a minimum population density of one thousand people per square mile in addition to existing urbanized areas.

ELIGIBILITY

Added three new sponsors (Lascher, Shrestha, and Epstein) to the list of bill authors.

Expanded eligibility criteria to allow qualifying affordable housing projects in villages that have a minimum population density of one thousand people per square mile.

REQUIREMENT

Updated environmental assessment requirements to align with federal EPA standards and clarified procedures for identifying and testing hazardous substances.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

lower

Jun 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6283A

lower

Jun 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

lower

1 primary · 12 co-sponsors