Require housing developers of certain housing development projects that receive city financial assistance to pay...
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city-assisted housing development projects” Read the full text
Civil Service and Labor
What it does
This bill would require housing developers of certain housing development projects that receive city financial assistance to pay their workers a minimum combined wage and essential benefits package of at least $40 per hour with no less than $25 of that package being wages. It would also require such developers to engage in best efforts to ensure that at least 30 percent of the workers on such housing development projects are residents of New York City. Furthermore, this bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to provide a model community hiring plan to developers, maintain and update a public database of ongoing projects, and issue annual reporting of violations of this law. This bill would require the comptroller to enforce its requirements as well as provide for a private right of action for aggrieved workers.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · May 23, 2024
43 sponsors. It takes 26 votes to pass. Referred to the City Council.
Public hearing · Oct 28, 2024
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Laid over in committee · Oct 28, 2024
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Public hearing · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Amended in committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Amended in committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Approved by committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Passed the full Council · Dec 18, 2025
Sent to the Mayor · Dec 18, 2025
Became law without signature · Jan 17, 2026
The Mayor did not sign or veto it within 30 days, so it became law automatically.
The numbers
43
sponsors, out of 26 needed to pass
Key people
Who is lobbying on this
Greater New York LECET Fundvia Labor Rising Consulting LLC · Labor
9 filingsMason Tenders' District Council of Greater New Yorkvia Mason Tenders' District Council PAC · Labor
7 filingsReal Estate Board of New York, Inc.via Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. · Real Estate, Construction, Engineering & Developer
6 filingsBricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local Union No. 1 New York City and Long Island Labor Management Committeevia Nagel Law Office, PLLC · Labor
6 filingsGreater New York LECET Fundvia Greater New York LECET Fund · Labor
6 filingsNew York State Association For Affordable Housing, Inc.via Mirram Group LLC · Real Estate, Construction, Engineering & Developer
5 filingsNew York State Association For Affordable Housing, Inc.via New York State Association For Affordable Housing, Inc. · Real Estate, Construction, Engineering & Developer
2 filingsQueens & Bronx Building Associationvia Robert S. Altman, Esq., PLLC · Trade Associations
2 filingsFrom 57 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024 to 2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
After the vote: is it being followed?
Became Local Law 21 of 2026enacted 2026-01-17
lawWhen it kicks inThis local law takes effect January 1, 2027, provided that this local law shall not apply to any written agreement providing for city financial assistance executed prior to such effective date, except that extension, renewal, amendment, or modification of such written agreement, occurring on or after such effective date that results in the grant of any additional city financial assistance shall make such written agreement subject to the requirements of this local law, and provided further that the comptroller and commissioner of housing preservation and development may promulgate any rules necessary for implementation of this local law and take any other measures as are necessary for its implementation, prior to such date.
New York City Industrial Development Agency - Notice Of Public Hearing - July 16th, 2026Industrial Development Agency · City Record, 2026-07-02
noticeMay 21, 2026 Meeting Of The Rent Guidelines BoardRent Guidelines Board · City Record, 2026-05-15
noticeNo mandated reports catalogued for this law yetnew laws appear in the city’s required-reports catalog with a lag; rulemaking and reports may still be coming
Passing a law is not the same as following it. Report status is computed from the city’s own Government Publications catalog (a report counts as overdue only after its filing period plus a 120 day grace period). Citywide, 1,048 of 2,229 legally required reports have never been filed to the public portal.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jan 20, 2026).