---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity act\""
description: "Enacts the \"Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity act\" in order to provide a mechanism for the state to finance the acquisition of distressed hotels and commercial office properties by the appropriate nonprofit organizations for the purpose of maintaining or increasing affordable housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5257"
citation: "New York S 5257 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a72cc214-8d6f-48a4-a633-bb424afe88fe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5257"
source_hash: "bb70da9b7dee1a3fcc683440470c87c5a48d446e642bf1ee7a75cdd91e88a610"
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 5257 (2021-2022) — Enacts the "Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity act"

Enacts the "Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity act" in order to provide a mechanism for the state to finance the acquisition of distressed hotels and commercial office properties by the appropriate nonprofit organizations for the purpose of maintaining or increasing affordable housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5257&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5257A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5257A)
3. **S5257B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5257B)
4. **S5257C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5257C)

## Votes

- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: C — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **49–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BRISPORT — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 5257A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 5257B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-06** PRINT NUMBER 5257C `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1642
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6593B
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.721
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-08-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-13** SIGNED CHAP.396 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-13** APPROVAL MEMO.17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a72cc214-8d6f-48a4-a633-bb424afe88fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).