S 3084: Relates to requiring a service center for independent living to be located in the county of Ontario.
The bill aims to amend the education law to require additional service centers for independent living to be located in specific cities and counties in New York. These locations include Niagara Falls, Olean, Troy, Amsterdam, Newburgh, Corning, Ithaca, Cortland, Auburn, Watertown, Plattsburgh, Batavia, Massena, and Glens Falls, as well as the counties of Delaware, Ontario, and Rockland. The service centers will serve communities in the counties of Putnam, Sullivan, and Herkimer, and in the city of Middletown or Port Jervis in the county of Orange. The bill takes effect on April 1st, following its enactment into law.
| Feb. 26, 2026 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO DISABILITIES |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO DISABILITIES |
| Jan. 23, 2025 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3084 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a service center for independent living to be located in the county of Ontario The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1124 of the education law, as 2 amended by section 28 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4. Additional service centers shall be located in the cities of 5 Niagara Falls, Olean, Troy, Amsterdam, Newburgh, Corning, Ithaca, Cort- 6 land, Auburn, Watertown, Plattsburgh, Batavia, Massena and Glens Falls, 7 the counties of Delaware, Ontario and Rockland, the county of Orange, in 8 either the city of Middletown or Port Jervis or in the town of Deerpark, 9 Greenville, Mount Hope, Warwick or Wawayanda or in the village of Gosh- 10 en, in the county of New York to serve the Harlem community, and in the 11 counties of Putnam, Sullivan and Herkimer. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 13 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05958-01-5