What's happening
This bill allows public financing for Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph to build and equip a new school building.
Why it matters
This bill specifically affects Kings County (Brooklyn), enabling public authorities to help finance a new school facility for Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph, which could impact local development and educational opportunities in that neighborhood.
By allowing a not-for-profit, religious, higher-learning institution access to public financing tools typically reserved for certain nonprofits, the bill may set a precedent for other private religious schools seeking similar support, potentially broadening access to public funds in the future.
The legislation could help address capacity and infrastructure needs for the Yeshiva, likely benefiting students and families in the Orthodox Jewish community, while also raising questions about the balance between public financing and support for religious institutions.
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Who cares
Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph and Its Students
Directly benefits from the financing and construction of new capital facilities, gaining improved infrastructure and resources for educational purposes.
Local Community in Kings County, New York
May be impacted by development at 1128 36th Street, including potential economic, social, and neighborhood effects from a growing educational institution.
New York State and Public Authorities
Responsible for overseeing, facilitating, and possibly funding the project, affecting resource allocation and policy related to non-profit educational facilities.
Advocates for Private/Religious Education
Interested in the precedent set by state-supported financing for independent, faith-based higher education institutions.
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Fund Yeshiva Building Construction
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Reported referred to rules
- Reference changed to ways and means
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Fund Yeshiva School Construction
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Sam Sutton
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11541
IN ASSEMBLY
June 1, 2026
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. R. Carroll) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1676 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph, an independent, not-for-profit private, accredited college/school of higher learning, that is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the financing, acquisition and equipping of a building to be located at 1128 36th Street, Kings County, New York to be used as a school.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1680 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph, an independent, not-for-profit private, accredited college/school of higher learning, that is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the financing, acquisition and equipping of a building to be located at 1128 36th Street, Kings County, New York to be used as a school.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16046-01-6
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