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A 7984Tolls the statute of limitations for endangering the welfare of a child until such child reaches the age of twenty-three.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Carrie WoernerA 7972Authorizes a plaintiff commencing an action alleging conduct constituting a sexual offense or a civil offense involving the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus shall have the right to proceed anonymously.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 7942Grants retroactive Tier 5 status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Barbara Juh.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Matthew SimpsonA 7939Establishes the affordable housing broadband assistance grant program within the division of broadband access to support no-cost and/or discounted subscriptions for households receiving federal, state, or local housing assistance or residing in housing units designated for low-income and/or vulnerable populations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 7959Allows Christopher Collins to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer with the Saugerties police department.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sarahana ShresthaS 7456Authorizes two or more contiguous municipalities to create a broadband union district for the creation, administration, and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and services within such district; provides for governance, funding, powers, limitations, and related provisions for broadband union districts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayA 8001Increases the jurisdictional limits for small claims to fifteen thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jenifer RajkumarS 7481Establishes the nail salon minimum standards council act; establishes the nail salon minimum standards council which shall investigate wages and standards within the nail salon industry and submit recommendations on minimum wages, regulations and standards for nail salon workers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica RamosS 7488Authorizes statewide municipal reciprocal program agreements and the issuance of program bonds; authorizes proceeds to be made available to a statewide municipal reciprocal program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBASen. Leroy ComrieS 7490Authorizes the South Nassau Water Authority and the North Shore Water Authority to remain eligible for funding in state fiscal year two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Steven RhoadsS 7489Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; authorizes the use of state building aid for related facility improvements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykS 7487Modernizes the access-a-ride program's application process by creating an online application process and notifying applicants throughout the process via email.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 7496Removes references to the terms "masseur" and "masseuse".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Lea WebbA 8003Allows members of a public retirement system who retired prior to applying for credit for military service because such credit was not available at the time of their retirement to receive such credit if they apply prior to December 31, 2026.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Andrea BaileyS 7521Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement staff against biological hazards posed by spitting of persons in custody.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCSen. Cordell CleareS 7512Requires heating oil sold for use in any building in the state to be bioheating fuel that contains minimum percentages of biodiesel and/or renewable hydrocarbon diesel.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7511Provides for notice to individuals in pre-trial detention of their right to vote while being arraigned and while awaiting such trial or examination in a local correction facility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLSen. Cordell CleareS 7509Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of incarcerated individuals released from correctional facilities; appropriates $250,000 therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7498Provides a mechanism for establishing the existence of a writing creating or amending a lifetime trust which was either lost or destroyed.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew GounardesS 7504Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforcement unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity is involved in school safety plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7514Requires the Olympic regional development authority, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and division of human rights to develop an anti-bias and inclusion training to be completed by employees of such agencies annually.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7503Authorizes courts to reduce or modify sentences for certain individuals when such sentence is deemed to be greater than necessary to achieve the purposes of sentencing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLSen. Cordell CleareS 7502Establishes conviction integrity units; describes conviction integrity units; creates definitions; provides that a prosecution agency may create a conviction integrity unit to review convictions; provides that a conviction integrity unit may make recommendations for changes in convictions and sentences obtained by the prosecution agency; grants the prosecution agency discretion regarding the conviction integrity unit's recommendations; requires notice to the victim if a petition is filed by the prosecution agency; gives the superior court the discretion to provide relief.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7516Implements transfer assessments for any class one or class two parcel in any special assessing unit wholly contained within a city which has had a transfer of title within the fiscal year where the market value of such parcel, as determined by the New York city department of finance, is greater than the assessed value of such parcel.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7505Relates to the promulgation of rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for the construction or improvement of correctional facilities and the care, custody, correction, treatment, supervision, discipline, and other correctional programs for all persons confined in such facilities; allows counties flexibility in establishing minimum staffing ratios.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7497Establishes the city of Dunkirk interim finance authority; provides for its functions, powers and duties; repeals the city of Dunkirk fiscal recovery act.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 7510Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual which includes all medical records, including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and programming records.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCORSen. Cordell CleareS 7517Eliminates from the class A misdemeanor of theft of services, the avoidance of payment for railroad, subway, bus or other public transportation services; allows for community service in lieu of a civil penalty for certain offenders of theft of transit services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalSen. Cordell CleareS 7506Relates to the unauthorized release of sealed records.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7520Prohibits the imposition of time limits or curfews on fares provided to students as part of a student fare program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7515Establishes the schedules that work act to provide for a timely, good faith interactive process between employees and employers that includes a discussion of potential schedule changes to meet an employee's needs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7519Provides that a business entity may not provide false caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass any party; provides definition of business entity.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7518Provides for supplemental quality improvement payments for managed long term care plans that meet certain criteria.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7513Enacts the "children and recovering mothers (CHARM) act" to provide guidance, education and assistance to healthcare providers caring for expectant mothers with substance use disorder; provides for the screening of newborns for substance abuse exposure.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7523Prohibits the sale and display of symbols of hate by state funded entities or at state funded events.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7522Requires librarians for schools in every elementary, middle and high school in New York city.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 8006Provides that the sale of a non-indemnity legal service plan shall not constitute doing an insurance business in this state; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Charles LavineA 8005Provides for increased fines for overnight parking of tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers on residential streets in the city of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Clyde VanelA 8010Provides for the automatic issuance of identification cards for any person whose driver's license or learner's permit is expired, suspended, revoked or surrendered.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Carrie WoernerA 8012Provides New York city fire pension fund benefits to the widow of deceased firefighter Derek Floyd.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jenifer RajkumarA 8014Enacts into law components of legislation relating to certain criminal justice reform in the state of New York; establishes law enforcement officer grant funds (Part A); provides judges more discretion regarding securing orders and limiting the lengths of certain orders (Part B); requires affirmative consent for the disclosure of contact information of witnesses to a defendant; provides that denial of such consent shall only be for good cause as determined by the court (Part C); relates to consideration of the death penalty for the commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree (Part D).New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Marianne ButtenschonS 7527Creates a distinctive parking placard to allow midwives to park closer to patients' homes in order to provide quicker access and swift care.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 7535Requires the administration for children's services and New York city public school employees provide a verbal and written warning to students of such student's right to refuse an interview and right to have a supportive adult during the interview.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 7539Makes an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 7536Ensures free speech on all college and university campuses within the state; creates a cause of action for those who have their freedom of speech infringed upon by a college or university.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 7569Directs the department of financial services to study health insurance coverage through the Marketplace, including collecting data on how many people are insured, and studying the feasibility of creating programs, subsidies, and/or tax credits to help expand health care coverage.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 8026Restores the 20 year service retirement for certain New York city sanitation workers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stacey Pheffer AmatoS 7563Requires monthly inspections of all AED equipment in all schools.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Cordell CleareA 8025Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered by consumers, including pain and suffering or mental anguish, when determining penalties against a public utility company, corporation or person or a combination gas and electric corporation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBSAsm. Jonathan JacobsonA 8016Provides for securities fraud whistleblower incentives and protections; defines terms; grants whistleblower awards for one or more whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information to the attorney general that was the basis for a successful covered enforcement action; protects whistleblowers from retaliation; authorizes the attorney general to adopt any necessary rules and regulations; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Micah LasherS 7566Relates to allergy awareness and training in restaurants; requires allergen awareness training; requires certification within thirty days after hire date.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7567Provides a reimbursement to small businesses and residential consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services; requires the Long Island power authority to do the same.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7561Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7549Requires that vehicles yield the right of way to multi-use trails that cross roadways.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jeremy CooneyS 7556Enacts the "disadvantaged communities commitment act"; requires investor-owned energy utilities to collect and publish data on disadvantaged communities in certain service areas and file such statistics with the public service commission.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7564Establishes a coordinator for asylum seeker services to oversee the integration of services and benefits available to asylum seekers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7554Allows political subdivisions which contract to receive fire protection services from a special fire company or department to jointly establish a service award program with political subdivisions which contract to receive ambulance services from the same special fire company or department.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jack MartinsS 7558Requires the written consent of a minor's parent, legal guardian or attorney for law enforcement collection of DNA from a minor prior to the lawful arrest of such minor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7559Requires a yearly inspection of all audiological testing equipment in all schools.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7562Requires prescription drug containers be labeled with a description of the size, shape, color and imprint of the prescription drug it contains.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7557Creates parity for incarcerated individual telephone services for international calls to family members outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands by requiring identical restrictions on the duration or number of phone calls and use of unit or facility phones made available to incarcerated individuals who are calling family members who are not outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7560Requires landlords of certain properties to furnish New York homes and community renewal with data pertaining to succession rights.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7550Allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in tracking big game that are dead, wounded or injured.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jeremy CooneyS 7565Directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections with a high volume of visual and hearing impaired pedestrians.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7568Requires electric companies to provide alternative measures to ensure customers with documented need for essential electricity for medical needs have access to electricity during power outages; requires electric companies to provide generators or lodging for such individuals and transportation for medical devices.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7570Requires all municipal corporations to adopt senior citizen rent increase exemption programs and disability rent increase exemption programs within one year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 8040Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Karen McMahonS 7571Prohibits the adjustment of maximum allowable rent where any modification, increase or improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant; defines disabled tenant.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 8065Consolidates the licensing system for agents and brokers into a single producer license.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. Pamela HunterA 8027Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of mental health, to make mental health counseling available to all correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Paula Elaine KayS 7577Prohibits an insurer or health maintenance organization from including certain requirements in insurance contracts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHSen. Cordell CleareA 8019Establishes the city of Dunkirk interim finance authority; provides for its functions, powers and duties; repeals the city of Dunkirk fiscal recovery act.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Andrew MolitorA 8054Requires police officer training programs on interacting with individuals who are a part of a sexual orientation and/or gender minority.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Steven RagaS 7574Directs the department of environmental conservation to develop and implement a tree planting pilot program in the ten zip codes in the state with the highest incidence of asthma.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7572Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures including meetings and notarizations utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedBNKSen. Cordell CleareA 8039Relates to persons designated as peace officers; designates members of the security force employed by Catholic Health Network and Kaleida Health as peace officers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLAsm. William ConradA 8035Relates to building aid for incremental zero-emission school bus infrastructure costs provided through the 2034-2035 school year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Rebecca KassayA 8062Authorizes the sale of private-label liquor at retail for consumption off the premises by certain licensed distillers; requires the labels of such private-label liquors to indicate that the distiller is licensed in New York state; requires reporting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. John McDonaldA 8064Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Donna LupardoA 8053Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; authorizes the use of state building aid for related facility improvements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. William BarclayA 8056Provides for liability of the state to any person who suffers damage as a result of a defect in a state highway.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Gabriella RomeroA 8033Requires the city university of New York and state university of New York have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is multilingual.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Gabriella RomeroS 7578Provides that an applicant for the cooling assistance component of the home energy assistance program shall not be required to demonstrate that the household contains at least one person with a documented medical condition that is exacerbated by extreme heat to be eligible for a cooling assistance component benefit.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 8038Imposes a fee for certain convictions to benefit animal shelters; establishes the animal offenses assistance fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward RaS 7573Requires that digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of identical value; provides for violations and penalties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 8037Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD by making their injury compensable if it cannot be shown, by a preponderance of evidence, that the PTSD was caused by factors unrelated to their occupation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Chris EachusA 8058Requires employees have access to paid sick leave unless their employer demonstrates a certain set of conditions for their contract.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Steven RagaA 8034Requires continuing teacher and leader education to include courses, programs and activities related to immigrant focused trauma-informed practices to support students who are dealing with adverse childhood or adolescent experiences as a result of immigration status.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Gabriella RomeroA 8049Provides that certain persons who are not residents of the state but who have resided in the state for a certain period of time and meet certain criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition rates.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phara Souffrant ForrestS 7576Sets requirements for the sale, lease, and rental of powered bicycles, powered mobility devices, and storage batteries for such devices; provides for penalties for the violation thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7579Provides grants to nonprofit organizations that provide eligible home reading programs that provide independent reading level books that are individually mailed to the residences of kindergarten through fifth grade students on a weekly basis.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 8046Establishes the toxic victim justice act to extend the time frame to commence an action for certain victims who were exposed to a toxic substance until one year from the date of discovery of the toxic etiological cause or source of the injury or the date the plaintiff should have discovered the cause or source of the injury.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesA 8042Enacts the safe subways act creating a subway safety command force responsible for coordinating public safety, homelessness intervention services, the orderly flow of riders in and out of the subway system, compliance with fare collection, and the cosmetic appearance of subway trains and stations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jenifer RajkumarA 8021Requires the level of assessment for state equalization rates for the Farmingdale union free school district and the Amityville union free school districts which are located in the same town, but in different counties, to be calculated at the same time and on a regular basis.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Kwani O'PharrowA 8041Directs the department of financial services, in consultation with the department of transportation to conduct a study and prepare a report on the fair market value of labor rates for services covered under motor vehicle insurance policies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Paula Elaine KayS 7589Relates to the collection of charges for heat-related residential utility service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7586Prohibits any increase in the average monthly rental of a property by a limited-profit housing company unless the appropriate local housing agency certifies that there exists no recorded violations against such property or that all recorded violations have been cleared, corrected or abated, and that such company is maintaining all essential services required to be furnished.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPVHSen. Cordell CleareS 7617Enacts the safer consumption services act which provides for the establishment of a program to provide safe injection sites.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Gustavo RiveraS 7593Allows access to sealed and protected records to civilian law enforcement oversight entities conducting investigations and disciplinary proceedings for misconduct by police and peace officers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 7595Enacts the "fair addition in rental (F.A.I.R) leases act"; authorizes a tenant to add dwelling occupants to residential dwelling or housing accommodation leases upon request of the lease holder; if such occupant is at least 18 years old; and such occupant provides proof of currently residing in such dwelling; prohibits a landlord from increasing the rent or imposing a fee for the purpose of adding occupants to the lease.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell Cleare

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