---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows persons applying for or receiving public assistance to be interviewed by phone or other digital means"
description: "Allows persons applying for or receiving public assistance to be interviewed by phone or other digital means at the request of the applicant or recipient."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7007"
citation: "New York S 7007 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-22"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e6c1d40-696c-44af-8d5a-eeaa83ace057"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7007"
source_hash: "0c2ec28c8871f3be3ed125471ab6e5ee6b0512021489f1cb8608477b1600ad2a"
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 7007 (2021-2022) — Allows persons applying for or receiving public assistance to be interviewed by phone or other digital means

Allows persons applying for or receiving public assistance to be interviewed by phone or other digital means at the request of the applicant or recipient.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7007&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–44** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **45–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1319
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7726
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.278
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.144 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e6c1d40-696c-44af-8d5a-eeaa83ace057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).