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S 4745: Directs the authorities budget office to conduct a study on the financial effects of making local governments responsible for the upkeep in certain public areas immediately outside of properties owned or leased by public authorities.
What S 4745 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill requires the authorities budget office to conduct a study on the financial impact of local governments being responsible for upkeep in public areas immediately outside of properties owned or leased by public authorities. The study should analyze the financial effects, including sidewalks, and may be conducted in conjunction with other state departments or agencies. The report must be published to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate committee on labor, and the chair of the assembly committee on labor by December 31, 2025. The study and report will take effect immediately and will expire and be repealed on January 1, 2026.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4745
- What is the current status of S 4745?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 4745 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS".
- Did S 4745 pass?
- Not yet. S 4745 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 4745, and where is it now?
- S 4745 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare. Its committee of record is Senate Investigation & Government Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 361 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4745 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT requiring the authorities budget office to conduct a study on the financial effects of making local governments responsible for upkeep in public areas immediately outside of properties owned or leased by public authorities; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The director of the authorities budget office shall conduct 2 a comprehensive study analyzing the financial impact on local govern- 3 ments being responsible for the upkeep in public areas immediately 4 outside of properties owned or leased by public authorities, including 5 but not limited to, sidewalks. 6 § 2. For the purposes of this act, the director of the authorities 7 budget office may conduct such study in conjunction with any other 8 department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, public authori- 9 ty, local government or municipality of the state deemed necessary. To 10 the maximum extent feasible, such director shall be authorized to 11 request, receive, and utilize such resources and data of any other 12 department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, public authori- 13 ty, local government or municipality of the state as such director may 14 reasonably request to properly carry their powers and duties pursuant to 15 this act. 16 § 3. The director of the authorities budget office shall publish such 17 report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the 18 speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate committee on labor and 19 the chair of the assembly committee on labor no later than December 31, 20 2025. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 22 deemed repealed January 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09378-01-5
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