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A 739Directs the secretary of state to prepare and distribute to cities, towns and villages criterion for a comprehensive outdoor lighting ordinance; updates general lighting restrictions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 807Provides that any service outside of a city with a population of more than one million, that is designated as a microtransit service shall be eligible for statewide mass transportation operating assistance regardless of vehicle size; defines "microtransit service" to mean a technology-enabled on-demand service with dynamically generated routing that uses a managed fleet of multi-passenger vehicles dedicated to that service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 797Prohibits certain itemized deductions for charitable contributions for New York residents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 793Provides that no autonomous vehicle may be used for taxi, livery or transportation network company vehicle services in any city with a population of one million or more without first being licensed by the New York City taxi and limousine commission; requires the New York City taxi and limousine commission to establish a license for use of an autonomous vehicle as a taxicab and to promulgate rules regarding such license and the operation of autonomous taxicabs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 798Expands the requirements for teaching humane education of animals to secondary school students; requires verification of compliance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 782Restricts amplified sound coming from motor vehicles; allows for exceptions for certain police vehicles and certain vehicles used for business or political purposes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 794Requires the New York city housing authority to establish and maintain a vacancy database.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 768Enacts the "New York artificial intelligence consumer protection act", in relation to preventing the use of artificial intelligence algorithms to discriminate against protected classes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 763Requires towns having a population of five hundred thousand persons or more to develop and implement a communications strategy to promote summer jobs, job fairs, workforce development training centers and information about civil service testing to town residents and to conduct an annual dialogue on race, equity and inclusion; requires the Town of Hempstead to track data over time and publish a report and to conduct DEI training.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 747Permits certain activities in premises licensed for adult-use on-premises consumption of cannabis including the sale of food, non-alcoholic beverages and entertainment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 756Defines the term "construction projects" to mean the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any school building where a district receives any apportionment for debt service or building aid and the school building is sited within the Long Island region; provides that each contract involving the award of a construction project shall require the use of a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors on such project.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 737Exempts retirement accounts established by not-for-profit corporations from application to the satisfaction of money judgments for bankruptcy purposes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 766Makes the position of town comptroller an elected position in towns having a population of five hundred thousand persons or more; provides for a four-year term.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 754Modifies the offense of forcible touching by removing the element of the actor's intent, including the intent to degrade or abuse another person.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 811Relates to the authority of the state board of elections to issue subpoenas; directs the board of elections to issue rules and regulations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 959Establishes the disability benefits maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain disability benefits; provides for the investing of any net savings realized by the program back into the New York state health insurance program for the purpose of eliminating or limiting the impact of any premium rate or other cost increases that would be the responsibility of an employee or retiree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 909Relates to establishing the municipal severe storm relief fund for Rockaway, Queens to be administered by the division of homeland security and emergency services for damages that occurred as a result of Hurricane Sandy which caused damage from October twenty-ninth through November third, two thousand twelve.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 938Relates to the right of public employees and employee organizations to strike; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 826Provides that no contracts for services with the city of New York which are awarded on a contingency basis or through a retainer agreement shall be excluded from the definition of doing business with the city for purposes of campaign finance limitations for matching contributions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 825Requires police departments and agencies to provide district attorneys' offices access to such departments' and agencies' electronic record systems for discovery purposes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 830Prohibits the imposition of different premium rates for disability insurance based on gender.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 816Enacts the "parental involvement leave act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 24 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during non-work hours; defines "employer" as any person or entity employing any individual in any occupation, industry, trade or business or service including any of the following: a state agency, office or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 957Discontinues the real property tax exemption for certain real property that is used for home games for certain professional sports teams in New York city beginning with the 2026 assessment roll.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 833Creates deduction from franchise tax and personal income tax for costs of acquiring or improving a child care facility operated for profit; creates deduction from corporation tax, franchise tax, personal income tax and tax on banks for costs of acquiring or improving a child care facility operated primarily for children of taxpayer's employees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 908Prohibits persons convicted of murder or sentenced to life without parole or where the defendant acting either alone or with one or more other persons, commits or attempts to commit robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse, escape in the first degree, or escape in the second degree, and, in the course of and in furtherance of such crime or of immediate flight therefrom, such defendant, or another participant, if there be any, intentionally causes the death of: a police officer; a peace officer; a firefighter; emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician or registered nurse involved in a first response team, or any other individual who, in the course of official duties, performs emergency response; or an employee of a state correctional institution or was an employee of a local correctional facility, when such person was engaged in the course of performing their official duties, from being eligible for commutation of sentence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 935Authorizes and directs the metropolitan transportation authority to implement a free fare program on the Long Island Rail Road for firefighters employed by the city of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 905Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 928Requires a local transportation regulatory agency to review school safety plans for traffic and transportation issues prior to the issuance of a building permit for a new school facility or the expansion or renovation of an existing school facility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 906Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 832Requires at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses and for state colleges and universities to update such ratio every five years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 827Establishes the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar in each year, known as Diwali, as a school holiday.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 941Establishes the reimaging excess New York state property act; provides the reimaging excess New York state property authority shall purchase any abandoned, surplus or otherwise unused state-owned real property and reconstruct, renovate, replace, maintain, repair, enlarge, extend, operate, lease, as lessee or lessor, and/or regulate the repurposing of such properties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 831Relates to vested rights of property owners relating to the development of their land in the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester; requires notice by applicant to property owners within 250 feet of land development application; provides for the repeal of such provisions six years after they take effect.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 907Enacts "Alix's law"; relates to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it; relates to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 921Requires individuals arrested in connection with a felony to submit a DNA sample; makes related provisions and technical corrections.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 835Requires a business entity in violation of worker protection or environmental laws and regulations to surrender all previous state subsidies issued to such business entity.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 927Relates to the regulation of social media companies and social media platforms; provides for age requirements for the use of social media and parental consent; prohibits certain data collection from social media accounts; limits the hours a minor can have access to social media; establishes penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 954Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 820Provides that a person who commits a crime during a period of post-release supervision and when such charge culminates in a new sentence, the period of post-release supervision shall be deemed interrupted for any period in which such person was held in pre-trial detention.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 917Enacts the "credit for rural broadband act"; provides for a refundable tax credit for costs paid for new construction of new broadband networks to residences and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 840Authorizes the liquor authority to establish a liaison with each community board in the city of New York for matters relating to license or permit issuance, renewal, modification and alteration; clarifies the powers and duties of the New York alcoholic beverage control problem premises task force.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 924Requires the Empire State Development corporation's broadband program office to assist in the provision and expansion of broadband internet access service and to address inequities in the availability of such service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 950Requires a farm owner or operator that produces shell eggs or liquid eggs for human consumption to confine egg-laying hens in a cage-free housing system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 918Requires lead testing of children participating in the WIC program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 930Establishes a task force for the review of the state administrative procedure act to ensure that administrative rulemaking, adjudication and licensing is consistent, uniform, and not unnecessarily burdensome for regulated entities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 961Requires that notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of corrections and community supervision whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 828Establishes the fifteenth day of the month of Kartika on the Hindu calendar in each year, known as Diwali, as a statewide school holiday.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 839Permits a school food authority to attribute moneys spent on purchases of food products from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors made for its school breakfast program to the thirty percent of costs for school breakfast, snack and lunch service programs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 962Directs the commissioner of the office of children and family services to establish a Consumer Directed Childcare Pilot Program for eligible families, within amounts appropriated therefor, in up to five counties with populations between 160,000 and 300,000.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 837Enacts the "the empire state enhanced public payment system act" directing the department of financial services to develop, establish, and maintain a value storage and payment platform consisting of a digital master account and coordinate a system of individual wallets that enable payments to move between such individual wallets or payment accounts for use of New York residents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 937Prohibits the use of aversive conditioning which includes any procedure which causes obvious signs of physical pain, including but not limited to hitting, pinching and electric shock; prohibits the use of any procedure or punishment which denies a vulnerable person reasonable sleep, shelter, bedding, bathroom facilities and any other aspect expected of a humane existence; defines terms.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 914Relates to creating a separate tax on inheritance income, creating a separate tax on gift income, the computation of the estate tax, and creating a gift tax.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 836Relates to utility intervenor reimbursement to a participant for its reasonable costs of participation in any proceeding before the Public Service Commission (PSC).New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseA 822Creates the responsible retirement of racehorses fund; establishes a horse registration fee; provides such funds be expended to support responsible retirement of racehorses in this state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 821Specifies the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects; amends the definition of homeless project.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 911Requires diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias training for physicians, physician assistants and nurses as part of continuing medical education requirements; establishes such training shall be a biennial requirement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 920Relates to requiring that certain information be provided to operators of limited use motorcycles concerning rules of the road and consequences for non-compliance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 818Establishes the class A-I felony of operating as a major firearms trafficker.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 942Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 922Authorizes school districts to establish an insurance reserve fund in an amount and manner determined by a qualified and independent actuary certified by the American Academy of Actuaries to be reasonable and necessary.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 958Relates to making certain housing programs available regardless of immigration status; provides that local social services districts in a city with a population of five million or more shall be permitted to offer certain housing programs to individuals or families who would be eligible but for a federal law restricting eligibility based on immigration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 948Increases the maximum amount of fines for parking violations from fifty dollars to sixty-five dollars for a first violation, eighty-five dollars for a second parking violation, and one hundred dollars for each subsequent violation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 829Excludes unemployment compensation from being included in the computation of state income tax.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 968Authorizes the study of aviation flight operations by the department of transportation; requires reporting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 888Prohibits the state's participation in artificial pheasant propagation activities; closes any state-owned or operated pheasant production facility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 858Relates to providing an exemption for drugs and medicines for companion and farm animals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1061Provides that all passengers of school buses must wear seat belts; exempts school bus attendants and others acting in a supervisory capacity from such requirement; requires that drivers announce "Everybody fasten your seat belts" before a school bus is placed in motion; empowers the commissioner of education to enforce such provisions; assigns a school bus attendant to each special needs student unable to comply with the seat belt requirement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 849Relates to enacting the biomass fired exception program providing an exception for certain biomass fired electric generation facilities to the definition of a fossil fuel-fired facility for purposes of a CO2 budget trading program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 906Relates to state policy regarding the preservation of the unique qualities of the nighttime sky.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1081Requires dental insurance plans to automatically carry over a portion of the enrollee's unused benefit amount of up to 25% of the total benefit amount for use in the succeeding year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1027Makes various amendments to requirements for web-based videoconferencing of public meetings; establishes the municipal hybrid meeting trust fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 942Establishes a fire prevention and emergency task force to develop a plan for training requirements and standards for fire prevention and emergency response services in rural areas and to examine the necessity of having uniform standards across the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 933Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades, to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility utilizing wind turbines.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 909Authorizes nursing home medication aides to administer medication in residential health care facilities in St. Lawrence county.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 848Requires the consideration of certain domestic violence charges when imposing bail.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 963Establishes the New York state violence in mass media research program to study the effects of mass media reporting on violent crimes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 851Provides for insurance premium reductions for successful completion of a fraud prevention course, known as the New York auto fraud prevention program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 967Enacts the "crash victims bill of rights"; requires accident reports to be delivered to victims of accidents or their next of kin; requires victim impact statements to be delivered at traffic infraction hearings by injured parties or their next of kin; requires employers to grant leave of absence to employees delivering a victim impact statement at a traffic infraction hearing; directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and complete a report on certain automobile crash information.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 863Requires the department of labor to conduct a study on the impact of job automation on the workforce in New York state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 896Relates to enacting the Justice for Nursing Home Victims act; creates a nursing home resident COVID-19 compensation program to provide full compensation to any nursing home resident or their statutory beneficiary when COVID-19 caused or contributed to such resident's death; provides the responsibilities of a nursing home during a pandemic; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 894Authorizes a person to pass their guns to an immediate family member through their estate.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1022Enacts the "limited equity cooperative insurance captive authorization and county cap act" to enable limited equity cooperatives in the state of New York to establish insurance captives to enhance their ability to manage risks, improve insurance coverage, and promote financial stability.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1080Relates to hospitalization, care coordination, and assisted outpatient treatment for persons with mental illness.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1037Relates to the unlawful discharge of a loaded firearm toward any police officer, firefighter, corrections officer, peace officer, or emergency medical services personnel.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1042Relates to certain assault crimes wherein a person is aided or encouraged to strike the victim in the head and cause unconsciousness.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1073Relates to providing a sales and compensating use tax exemption in certain areas of New York city.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1065Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 881Relates to the permitted voluntary dissolution of a mutual company.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 880Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas from high-volume hydraulic fracturing; provides exceptions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 956Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1006Establishes the Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour pilot program which is a campaign to promote and market the health care workforce employment and career opportunities in the following economic development regions: central, north country, western, finger lakes, capital region, mohawk and southern tier.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 950Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 968Establishes a child care program capital improvement tax credit program for child care programs to provide financial assistance to New York's child care providers to facilitate the enhancement, expansion, and improvement of access to quality child care.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 855Designates Lactarius peckii as the official state fungus of the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 969Requires all banking organizations to have a notary public available during business hours; permits banking organizations to charge a fee for such service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1038Allows for department of motor vehicles employees to employ an attorney-at-law to defend against certain civil actions; limits the basis for removal of such employees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 932Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 1010Permits coverage under Child Health Plus to take effect retroactively to the first day of the month in which the application was submitted for children who meet the eligibility criteria, provided that the applicant for insurance submits a completed and signed application and required information and documentation within sixty days of the child's birth.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 871Prohibits vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary or graduate schools in the state where a scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists; defines vivisection to mean experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view living internal structure.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 993Relates to the eligibility for awards for victims of a crime; includes the commission of suicide within two years after being a victim of a crime as a death that is the direct result of a crime.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced
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