---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the powers of the New York state housing finance agency"
description: "Extends certain powers of the New York state housing finance agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6943"
citation: "New York S 6943 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-16"
last_action: "2023-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0446d6b5-c7ff-4e2b-bfca-6a151af31746"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6943"
source_hash: "89e5c2f1df22f866f0901afee065b58a2e1eb308478b6e9886b6fc67bf1632ca"
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 6943 (2023-2024) — Relates to the powers of the New York state housing finance agency

Extends certain powers of the New York state housing finance agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6943&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–46** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1406
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7209
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.605
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-19** SIGNED CHAP.205 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0446d6b5-c7ff-4e2b-bfca-6a151af31746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).