---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes statewide or regional multi-state contract administration and support services for federal section 8 project based housing assistance payments contracts"
description: "Authorizes the affordable housing corporation to administer support services for federal section 8 project based housing assistance payments contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6974"
citation: "New York S 6974 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae37cd91-9e64-45f0-ad74-0d801d05d3df"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6974"
source_hash: "6e91a6d1f45970f97abd4abf627a2580b7603699ce41c632f824563e084361eb"
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 6974 (2021-2022) — Authorizes statewide or regional multi-state contract administration and support services for federal section 8 project based housing assistance payments contracts

Authorizes the affordable housing corporation to administer support services for federal section 8 project based housing assistance payments contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6974&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1413
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7328
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.372
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.231 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae37cd91-9e64-45f0-ad74-0d801d05d3df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).