---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to relocation and employment assistance credits"
description: "Provides for relocation and employment assistance credits in cities with a population of one million or more."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8676"
citation: "New York A 8676 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grace Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-28"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325d6720-fc1d-4e0b-9ec2-fbc18164fe9c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8676"
source_hash: "0df70d312c8d8d75132355c7e7d67e34a5da68d8b27565212be5e5207388a705"
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 A 8676 (2025-2026) — Relates to relocation and employment assistance credits

Provides for relocation and employment assistance credits in cities with a population of one million or more.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8676** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8676&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **40–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grace Lee — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Landon C. Dais — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Benedetto — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Robert C. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-28** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-08** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** REPORTED
- **2025-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.590
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.590
- **2025-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8063A
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1852
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.171 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/325d6720-fc1d-4e0b-9ec2-fbc18164fe9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).