---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs"
description: "Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8495"
citation: "New York A 8495 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela J. Hunter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-01-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f6410b-5bba-4dad-9d39-8e3caff90dd8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8495"
source_hash: "7bbaec6b8587e9870c9df96fbb1fd26c124b4db52cf260ad7189cf2a6031f864"
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 8495 (2023-2024) — Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to provide an annual report on the New York access to home programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8495&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Hunter — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.237
- **2024-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8054
- **2024-01-23** 3RD READING CAL.44
- **2024-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-26** SIGNED CHAP.2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21f6410b-5bba-4dad-9d39-8e3caff90dd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).