---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to powers of the New York state housing finance agency"
description: "Relates to powers of the New York state housing finance agency and the state of New York mortgage agency; extends certain provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8259"
citation: "New York A 8259 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DE LA ROSA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-02"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e5b6ec7-0b95-44c9-857f-6367660e19aa"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8259"
source_hash: "bf064c322584b541b139d06f25c6c0f975982bd81d0e3d826a4a3aed760c3231"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 8259 (2017-2018) — Relates to powers of the New York state housing finance agency

Relates to powers of the New York state housing finance agency and the state of New York mortgage agency; extends certain provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A8259 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8259&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8259 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8259)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **123–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DE LA ROSA — primary (person)
- CYMBROWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-02** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** REPORTED
- **2017-06-15** RULES REPORT CAL.422
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.422
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6414
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2176
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e5b6ec7-0b95-44c9-857f-6367660e19aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).