New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11607: Requires the New York city housing authority to promptly investigate and remove squatters from its apartments
Status: In committee, June 5, 2026
Requires the New York city housing authority to investigate complaints of squatters within twenty-four hours and promptly remove squatters from its apartments.
What the bill says
An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New York city housing authority to promptly investigate and remove squatters from its apartments.
From the introduced text, June 5, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New York city housing authority to promptly investigate and remove squatters from its apartments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 402-i to read as follows: § 402-I. INVESTIGATION AND REMOVAL OF SQUATTERS. 1. WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF RECEIVING A COMPLAINT OF A SQUATTER, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW, IN A NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY APARTMENT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL INVESTIGATE SUCH COMPLAINT. 2. WHERE A SQUATTER IS FOUND TO BE OCCUPYING A NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY APARTMENT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL UTILIZE THE MOST EXPEDIENT LEGAL MEANS OF REMOVING SUCH SQUATTER FROM SUCH APARTMENT. § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16049-01-6
Sponsors
- Edward Gibbs (D, 68) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO HOUSING
Subjects: Public Housing Law
Common questions
- What is A11607?
- A11607 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Requires the New York city housing authority to promptly investigate and remove squatters from its apartments.
- What does A11607 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the New York city housing authority to promptly investigate and remove squatters from its apartments.
- What is the status of A11607?
- In committee as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO HOUSING (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11607?
- Edward Gibbs (D, 68).
- Where is the official record for A11607?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11607
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