---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to rental assistance and legal regulated rents in affordable housing projects"
description: "Relates to rental assistance and legal regulated rents in affordable housing projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7235"
citation: "New York S 7235 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-07"
last_action: "2022-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d9f58e4-0288-4bc0-8648-87bf39f1c269"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7235"
source_hash: "c459915d8574f6755796aec2c963900cad8d5d6d719e94b9ed063f3c197c36d9"
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 7235 (2021-2022) — Relates to rental assistance and legal regulated rents in affordable housing projects

Relates to rental assistance and legal regulated rents in affordable housing projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7235&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.691
- **2022-03-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-04-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-04-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-04-26** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8098
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.542
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.685 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d9f58e4-0288-4bc0-8648-87bf39f1c269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).