---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring the commissioner to prepare a report of homeless population during a state disaster emergency in publicly funded shelters, domestic violence shelters and homeless youth shelters"
description: "Requires the commissioner to collect information regarding the homeless population during a state disaster emergency in publicly funded shelters, residential programs for victims of domestic violence, and residential programs for runaway and homeless youth, and publish a report containing such information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 873"
citation: "New York S 873 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIU"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6310df5a-ffa6-49b6-8916-7a2c7b52ff00"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S873"
source_hash: "40fad6a71d97b763d426862ca86c0eb5ac6cda0a07811bb51d27192a3ca0b698"
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 873 (2021-2022) — Relates to requiring the commissioner to prepare a report of homeless population during a state disaster emergency in publicly funded shelters, domestic violence shelters and homeless youth shelters

Requires the commissioner to collect information regarding the homeless population during a state disaster emergency in publicly funded shelters, residential programs for victims of domestic violence, and residential programs for runaway and homeless youth, and publish a report containing such information.

## Version chain

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

1. **S873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S873&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIU — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.26
- **2021-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1258
- **2021-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.25
- **2021-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6310df5a-ffa6-49b6-8916-7a2c7b52ff00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).