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S 8648Requires the office of fire prevention and control to pay training stipends in specific amounts to volunteer firefighters for completion of certain firefighter trainings; provides that if a volunteer fire company pays training stipends to volunteer firefighters in an amount below what is otherwise required to be paid by OFPC, OFPC shall pay the remaining amount.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8655Authorizes the conveyance of certain property by the city of New York to The Allah Youth Center in Mecca Inc.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8660Relates to enacting the "comprehensive passenger safety enhancement act" to enhance passenger safety in commercial passenger vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8683Establishes a medical cost-of-living adjustment and utility bill relief for senior citizens based on documented medical necessity; provides that any gas or electric corporation operating within the state shall, in coordination with the department and the office of temporary and disability assistance, establish a medical cost-of-living adjustment program for residential customers aged sixty-five years or older who incur documented medical expenses necessary to maintain or preserve life or basic bodily function.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8663Establishes a transfer student appeal process to provide students with an option to pursue a second opinion regarding the status of their transfer credits from out-of-state schools, out-of-country schools, or non-public schools.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8638Expands the real property tax exemption for persons with disabilities to property owners who are a parent or parents of an individual with a disability and such individual lives at such property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8662Limits the authority of cities, villages and towns to impose certain zoning regulations, ordinances, or local laws which would have the effect of reducing the number or density of allowable housing units in the area subject to the regulations, ordinances, or local laws.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8650Establishes a caregiver tax credit of up to six thousand dollars and a family caregiver reimbursement program to offset out-of-pocket spending by family caregivers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8676Provides for the eligibility of certain households for a care workforce housing preference; provides for the method of application for such preference; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8673Directs the department of motor vehicles commissioner to offer, upon request, a "blue envelope" to a person who has autism spectrum disorder in order to facilitate clear and safe communication with law enforcement and provide ease of access to a driver's documentation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8679Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of Oswego; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8645Authorizes ORES to issue siting permits for battery energy storage systems for use by data centers, regardless of the expected storage or transmission capacity of such battery energy storage systems, and whether or not such battery energy storage systems will be co-located with renewable energy systems; requires data centers to submit carbon reduction plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8668Establishes a home care services bill of rights for patients of home care services agencies and certified home health agencies; requires training for staff and contractors of such agencies to eliminate certain discriminations; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8669Repeals the New York state climate leadership and community protection act and establishes the nineteen member common sense energy council which will prepare and approve recommendations for achieving affordable and attainable statewide greenhouse gas reductions; requires a statewide greenhouse gas emissions report by the department of environmental conservation; makes technical corrections thereto.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8653Creates a vacant property classification for vacant and blighted properties; allows for cities with a population of one million or more to levy an additional real property tax on vacant and blighted properties with funds raised from such taxes being used to address homelessness.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8639Adds to the no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road certain detective investigators or rackets investigators employed by the Nassau county district attorney.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8647Requires voting machines or systems to comply with the voluntary voting system guidelines adopted by the United States election assistance commission on December 13, 2005.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8680Provides that no facility fee shall be charged for services when a hospital-based facility is a distant site for health care services delivered by telehealth unless the service is provided by a health care provider not authorized to bill a professional fee separately for the service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8694Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to install solar canopies on its parking facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8716Permits licensed pharmacists and nurse practitioners to prescribe and order COVID-19 immunizations; permits physicians to issue non-patient specific orders to pharmacists for COVID-19 immunizations for patients two years of age and older; permits pharmacists to issue patient specific orders for COVID-19 immunizations for patients two years of age and older.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8736Prohibits the seizure of utility meters and the termination of utility service through replevin actions; declares such actions to be against the public interest.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8709Includes certain willful representations made by physicians, physician's assistants, and specialist's assistants to patients and clients, or relating to patients' and clients' private health information, as professional misconduct.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8713Relates to the definition of "reproductive health services" for purposes of the offense of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree; defines "legally protected health activity"; increases the penalties for the criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first and second degrees, and for aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8738Grants retroactive membership with Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Philip Apruzzese.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8705Prohibits unregulated pregnancy centers from requiring clients, as a condition of service, or making it reasonably appear to be a condition of service, to disclose certain information relating to their medical history, sexual history, relationship to the other parent of the potential baby, or insurance or financial information.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8730Authorizes the adoption or amendment of comprehensive rezoning plans by cities, villages, and towns prior to the completion of corresponding city, village, or town comprehensive plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8724Requires security at all publicly accessible entrances of general hospitals; requires every general hospital to have either one off-duty law enforcement officer or trained security personnel be present at all times at each publicly accessible entrance or have installed locking doors at each publicly accessible entrance; requires every general hospital to provide wearable employee panic buttons or alert devices capable of immediately notifying on-site security personnel or law enforcement in the event of a dangerous situation or emergency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8687Authorizes the creation of state debt in the amount of 5 billion dollars in creating the New York state master plan on aging 2026 bond act; provides for submission to the people of such proposal.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8720Makes certain higher personal income tax rates permanent.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8693Excludes certain amphibians and reptiles from the definition of small game and makes conforming changes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8727Extends paid family leave benefits to members of the New York army national guard and New York air national guard.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8723Enacts the "New York anti-mandate act"; provides that a business entity doing business in the state of New York shall not refuse to provide any service, product, admission to a venue, or transportation to a person because that person has or has not received or used a medical intervention; provides that a ticket issuer shall not penalize, discriminate against, or deny access to an entertainment event to a ticket holder because the ticket holder has or has not received or used a medical intervention; provides a school operating in the state shall not mandate a medical intervention for any person to attend school, enter campus or school buildings, or be employed by the school; provides that unless required by federal law, no state, county, or local government entity or official in New York shall require any person to receive or use a medical intervention; defines terms; makes conforming changes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8697Directs certain employers to establish a dependent care flexible benefits program under which a portion of employees' compensations are deposited directly into dependent care flexible spending accounts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8721Creates penalties for likenesses altered or created by artificial intelligence being used for commercial gain; establishes a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination of still or video images generated by artificial intelligence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8704Provides that all Palisades Interstate park state lands in the county of Ulster shall be subject to taxation for all purposes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8695Provides for administrative review when applying for an additional certification by applicants to become certified community behavioral health clinics if such applicant is already certified by either the department of mental health or the office of addiction services and supports and is in good standing for five or more years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8715Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to make failure to move over a five point violation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8735Enacts the "billing transparency act"; provides that every utility corporation, energy services corporation and municipality shall provide an itemized breakdown of customers' bills each month; provides that electric utility corporations, energy services companies and municipalities shall maintain a dedicated and easily accessible customer website that explains customer charges.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8699Includes New York guard members to the recruitment incentive and retention program for members of the New York state organized militia; permits tuition benefits for post-graduate study.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8698Defines the types of capital improvement costs pursuant to which a manufactured home park may increase rent above three percent over the previous rent price.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8737Establishes a temporary practice authorization program for retired registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to practice in the facility they previously worked to provide supplemental staffing support.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8696Requires the state university of New York to install solar canopies on its campuses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8731Provides for civil procedure under which a claimant may seek actual damages from a construction professional due to construction defects in a condominium.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8718Provides that a homeowners' association may include in its declaration, bylaws, or recorded covenants and restrictions a provision expressly prohibiting the use of a no-impact home-based business; provides that any such provision shall be approved by at least ninety percent of the total eligible voters of the homeowner's association; provides that any declaration, bylaws, or recorded covenants and restrictions prohibiting such use shall also include a provision stating that such prohibition may be eliminated by a simple majority vote.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8734Grants retroactive tier II membership in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to Javier-Luis I. Martinez, a current member of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system employed by the town of Colonie.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8722Prohibits the sale or lease of agricultural and forest property and real property on or within ten miles of any military installation or critical infrastructure facility in the state to foreign countries of concern and foreign principals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8728Relates to the manufacture and sale of slushies made with liquor, wine, beer or cider; includes slushies as frozen desserts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8714Regulates the practice of naturopathic medicine; establishes a state board for naturopathic medicine; establishes requirements to receive a limited permit in naturopathic medicine; establishes mandatory continuing education for the practice of naturopathic medicine; requires licensed naturopathic doctors to report suspected child abuse.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8684Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions requiring the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program to March 31, 2028.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8726Requires applications for property tax exemptions by nonprofit organizations be filed at the time of purchase of a property; provides that the attorney or agent responsible for filing such application shall be fined twenty-five percent of the property's assessed taxes if such application is not timely filed.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8686Prohibits the sale or offering for sale, delivery or manufacture of food or beverages containing kratom or its derivatives, or 7-hydroxymitragynine; provides penalties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8708Requires that certain transportation facilities operated by public authorities implement traveler-friendly concession pricing which is no more than the average retail price of such items at similar commercial establishments within a certain radius; authorizes the office of the comptroller to conduct random audits and to enforce such pricing requirements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 8725Prohibits the blowing of grass clippings or leaves on highways and adjacent lands.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 9132Provides that real property held in the cooperative form of ownership by a minister of the gospel, priest or rabbi of any denomination, an actual resident and inhabitant of this state, who is engaged in the work assigned by the church or denomination of which such person is a member, or who is unable to perform such work due to impaired health or is over seventy years of age, shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars; provides that certain properties receiving a tax exemption pursuant to the clergy property tax exemption are eligible to receive a partial abatement for residential real property held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership in a city having a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-06IntroducedA 801Expedites MTA capital project improvement, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation by establishing a process for utility relocation necessary for such project.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 803Establishes in the city of New York a bicycle lane safety program to enforce certain restrictions on the use of bicycle lanes and/or protected bicycle lanes by means of bicycle lane photo devices.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 941Increases fees for the registration of larger, heavier motor vehicles; provides a waiver for a portion of weight added by batteries in electric vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 946Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 898Allows the alteration or repeal of real property tax exemptions for private institutions of higher education.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 940Requires the establishment of an appeals process for students who are denied the state resident tuition rate at any public university or college.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 1005Requires the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to implement certain standards issued by the society for protective coatings pertaining to applying and removing coatings from bridges, trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks and stations.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 987Directs the department of labor to post on its internet website and annually update the names of employers who employ 50 or more employees who receive public assistance.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 1032Updates value capture mechanisms for NYC and the MTA, including transparency requirements; makes such provisions permanent.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 1083Prohibits police and other governmental entities from creating fake electronic communication service accounts, or from collecting or using an individual's account information; establishes a private right of action for a violation of such provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 1058Requires that the average annual wage and average weekly wage of the state of New York, which determine the maximum cap for unemployment insurance benefits, be adjusted for inflation each year.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 1022Relates to establishing the banking bill of rights; includes due process requirements regarding applications for or closure of credit and deposit accounts and penalties for noncompliance.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 2130Repeals the tax exempt status of private universities that received real property tax exemptions of one hundred million dollars or more during the prior fiscal year.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 6101Establishes the "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity; allows for recovery of a civil penalty by the state attorney general; creates a private right of action for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 6044Provides a fare-free bus pilot program in New York City for one year, subject to appropriations.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 6542Protects residential customers from utility service shutoffs due to non-payment during summer and winter periods of extreme heat or cold; allows such utility services to be discontinued for non-payment outside such periods; requires an annual report to be submitted to the governor and legislature and posted publicly online.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 6541Prohibits payment card networks from assessing penalties against small businesses or financial intermediaries who fail to comply with the credit card surcharge notice requirement; declares any clause of a contract, agreement, or arrangement in violation of such provision void.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 6951Provides that subsequent requests for an extension of a suspension period for certain rate, charge or other changes by utilities shall require approval by the public service commission and shall be valid for one month, after which the commission shall review and determine the necessity of a further extension; provides limitations on retroactive rate recovery by utilities.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 8126Provides voters with a warning about New York's closed primary system on voter registration forms.New York · last action 2026-01-05IntroducedA 9391Relates to the residence of the part-time judge of the city court of Tonawanda; authorizes the part-time judge of the Tonawanda city court to reside anywhere in Erie county or Niagara county provided such part-time judge's term of office commenced during the two thousand twenty-six calendar year.New York · last action 2025-12-29IntroducedS 448Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.New York · last action 2025-12-24IntroducedS 2536Ensures that construction and fabrication done off of a public work site for specific use only in a public work project be compensated at the prevailing wage rate.New York · last action 2025-12-20Chaptered/SignedS 73Relates to rechargeable battery recycling; adds a battery used as the principal electric power source for an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist to the definition of "rechargeable battery"; provides that a battery manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute rechargeable batteries in the state unless the battery manufacturer is implementing or participating under an approved plan; allows a city with a population of one million or more to enforce through its own agencies.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 52Authorizes the use of an electronic signature by a person granted a power of attorney by a taxpayer with respect to documents submitted to the New York state department of taxation and finance and the New York city department of finance.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedA 26Prohibits Medicaid service providers from requiring prior authorization for antiretroviral prescription drugs for the treatment or prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedS 550Requires a caller making a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the central register to leave their name and contact information; prohibits the office of children and family services from releasing information identifying a person who made such a report.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 596Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 683Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedA 565Prohibits the establishment of new for-profit hospices or increasing the capacity of existing for-profit hospices.New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedA 612Removes certain requirements on what the office of children and family services can determine to be an appropriate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedA 584Enacts the "trapped at work act"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedA 744Relates to collecting data regarding alternative living arrangements for children who are at a substantial risk of maltreatment.New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedA 521Establishes the "recovery ready workplace act" which provides for the certification of an employer to become a recovery ready workplace; defines terms; establishes the recovery-ready workplace program; provides criteria for employers to obtain certification as a recovery ready workplace; provides for employee involvement.New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedA 804Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 929Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedS 1069Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 1099Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedS 1183Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of veterans with a 100 percent service connected disability.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 1226Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedS 1261Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 1353Prohibits creditors from enforcing a consumer debt incurred as a result of fraud, duress, intimidation, threat, force, identity theft, exploitation of the debtor's personal information or similar economic abuse perpetrated against a debtor; establishes a right of action by the debtor for relief against creditors for violations; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 1548Restricts certain substances from being used in menstrual products.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedS 1744Requires each appropriate institution housing a defendant due to mental disease or defect to assign a critical time intervention care management team to the defendant and make a single point of access referral for the defendant prior to such defendant's discharge.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedA 1778Grants members of the city of New York's police force eligibility for retirement and pension based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents.New York · last action 2025-12-19VetoedS 1926Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; requires the local districts to report such list to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually; requires the social services districts to collect data regarding the income of families who have applied, were denied and received child care assistance and issue a report to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/SignedA 1970Requires the collection and reporting of sexual offense evidence on the statewide electronic tracking system within seven days of permission to release the evidence by the alleged sexual offense victim; relates to additional rules and guidelines.New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/Signed
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