---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the date in calendar year 2022 when the local legislative body of a city having a population of one million or more may determine the continuation of the emergency"
description: "Changes the date in calendar year 2022 when the local legislative body of a city having a population of one million or more may determine the continuation of the emergency; provides that to ensure sufficient time to complete the survey in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the date by which such determination shall be made by the local legislative body in calendar year 2022 shall be postponed until July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6916"
citation: "New York S 6916 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2021-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cda8ba7-5efb-4846-960c-73c5a8de2145"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6916"
source_hash: "cd386b9688ab313dfb32065d25e14b01dadd7d6f386b409248abc39bc08f56a6"
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 6916 (2021-2022) — Relates to the date in calendar year 2022 when the local legislative body of a city having a population of one million or more may determine the continuation of the emergency

Changes the date in calendar year 2022 when the local legislative body of a city having a population of one million or more may determine the continuation of the emergency; provides that to ensure sufficient time to complete the survey in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the date by which such determination shall be made by the local legislative body in calendar year 2022 shall be postponed until July 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6916&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6916A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6916A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–15** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **51–12** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 6916A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1411
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7918
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.692
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.597 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cda8ba7-5efb-4846-960c-73c5a8de2145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).