---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to tenants with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility"
description: "Grants tenants with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same or in a different project operated by the New York city housing authority, based on the tenant's choice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7286"
citation: "New York S 7286 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAMILTON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0225f40b-6144-4ced-9f8a-a57f062c0f50"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7286"
source_hash: "3b5b6ab77f599c1d05a3b27f32b0e27c9d4b0fbdf1cd84918af737c70b9bed84"
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 S 7286 (2017-2018) — Relates to tenants with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility

Grants tenants with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same or in a different project operated by the New York city housing authority, based on the tenant's choice.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7286 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7286&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7286 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7286)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HAMILTON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.14
- **2018-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-23** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8994
- **2018-03-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.700
- **2018-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** SIGNED CHAP.13 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0225f40b-6144-4ced-9f8a-a57f062c0f50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).