Sponsored bills

Honoring Dr. Olivia J. Hooker upon the occasion of her selection as a New York State Woman of Distinction

Andrea Stewart-CousinsAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes certain counties, cities and school districts to impose up to a four percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes; repealer

Authorizes certain counties, cities and school districts to impose up to a four percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes; preserves the authority of certain counties and a city to impose…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

Requires the posting of a statement of wage rates and supplements; provides penalties for failure to do so

Provides that the failure of a contractor or sub-contractor on a public works project to post a statement of wage rates and supplements shall be subject to prosecution as a misdemeanor and subject…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

Requires sanitation workers to receive training

Requires sanitation workers to receive certain training; requires the department of labor to establish certain regulations related thereto.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

Provides for the Information Technology Procurement Savings Act of 2010; provides local governments and school districts more contracting flexibility

Provides for the Information Technology Procurement Savings Act of 2010; provides local governments and school districts more contracting flexibility; and provides for purchasing services through…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsWays And Means Committee

Commending Fermin Jimenez upon the occasion of being named Student of the Year by the New York Association for Continuing/Community Education, Inc.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsAdopted

Adopted

Paying tribute to the life and accomplishments of Merrill Cassell, distinguished citizen and devoted member of his community

Andrea Stewart-CousinsAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes the village of Hastings-on-Hudson to offer a 20 yr retirement plan to police officers John DeBlasio, David Dosin and Anthony Gentile

Authorizes the village of Hastings-on-Hudson to offer a 20 year retirement plan to police officers John DeBlasio, David Dosin and Anthony Gentile.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Directs public service commission to require utilities involved in vegetation management plan to give 60 days notice prior to such activity; hold public hearing 30 days prior

Directs public service commission to require utilities involved in vegetation management program to give 60 days notice prior to such activity and to hold public hearings in affected communities 30…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Allows certain not-for-profits to make purchases through use of county contracts

Allows certain not-for-profits to make purchases through use of county contracts.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Governments Committee

Establishes the maximum annual fee that licensed nuclear electric generating facilities are liable for in relation to emergency preparedness plans

Establishes the maximum annual fee that licensed nuclear electric generating facilities are liable for to support state and local governmental responsibilities under accepted radiological emergency…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Mourning the death of Yonkers Fire Department Firefighter Patrick Joyce, Jr.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes the village of Tarrytown to impose 3% hotel or motel occupancy taxes within such village

Authorizes the village of Tarrytown to impose 3% hotel or motel occupancy taxes within such village.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Prohibits a person who has abandoned his or her spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension

Prohibits a person who has abandoned his or her spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's pension.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsJudiciary Committee

Relates to suspension procedures for disruptive students

Relates to suspension procedures for disruptive students.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEducation Committee

Provides for shared services agreements among municipalities and between municipalities and state agencies

Provides for shared services agreements among municipalities and between municipalities and state agencies.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

Prevents withdrawal or reduction of community projects grants upon departure of sponsoring members and prevents such members from randomly distributing such funds

Prevents the withdrawal or reduction of grants for community projects upon departure of the original sponsoring member and prohibits such a member from distributing such funds for purposes other…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes the Westchester county board of elections to merge any election district with 50 or fewer registered voters into an existing election district

Authorizes the Westchester county board of elections to merge any election district with 50 or fewer registered voters into an existing election district.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsElections Committee

Authorizes cities and towns to establish community preservation funds, and to impose a tax on real property transfers to provide revenue to such funds

Authorizes cities and towns to establish community preservation funds, and to impose a tax on real property transfers to provide revenue to such funds.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; repealer

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; provides a fundamental right to choose contraception and the right of a female to determine the course of a pregnancy; authorizes abortion prior to viability;…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHealth Committee

Increases penalties for violations of the elective franchise

Increases penalties for violations of the elective franchise.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsElections Committee

Requires schools to provide instruction on the history of the Ukrainian genocide-holodomor of 1932 through 1933

Requires schools to provide instruction on the history of the Ukrainian genocide holodomor from 1932 through 1933.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEducation Committee

Establishes the New York state historic preservation fund and provides for the undertaking of historic preservation projects

Establishes the New York state historic preservation fund and provides for the undertaking of historic preservation projects; provides a check-off box on personal income tax returns for the gift for…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

Directs the discontinuance of the Yonkers toll plaza on the New York state thruway

Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue and remove the Yonkers toll plaza on the New York state thruway.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsTransportation Committee

Requires that moneys due to the community projects fund not be reduced or withheld, and requires that all commitments to such fund be upheld

Requires that moneys due to the community projects fund not be reduced or withheld, and requires that all commitments to such fund be upheld.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

Relates to alternative school tax and county tax apportionment in cities and towns

Relates to alternative school tax and county tax apportionment in cities and towns.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

Authorizes the village of Sleepy Hollow to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain police officers employed by such village

Authorizes the village of Sleepy Hollow to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain police officers employed by such village.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Establishes a 25 year retirement plan for detention officers employed by the city of Yonkers

Establishes a 25 year retirement plan for detention officers employed by the city of Yonkers.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides for inclusion of the school district's regional cost index in calculating the supplemental education improvement plan grant amount for Yonkers city schools

Provides for inclusion of the school district's regional cost index in calculating the supplemental education improvement plan grant amount for Yonkers city school district.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEducation Committee

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires landlords to furnish each tenant either renewing or entering into a lease with a document describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants

Requires landlords to furnish each tenant either renewing or entering into a lease with a rider describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants; further requires the rider to conform to…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsJudiciary Committee

Relates to the sale of bonds to the New York state environmental facilities corporation

Relates to the sale of bonds to the New York state environmental facilities corporation.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

Increases the number of justices of the supreme court in the 9th judicial district and family court judges in the counties of Westchester and Rockland

Increases to 32 the number of justices of the Supreme court in the 9th judicial district and to 5 family court judges in the county of Westchester, and adds two family court judges in Rockland county.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsJudiciary Committee

Authorizes towns, fire districts, and improvement districts to delegate conduct of certain elections to county boards of elections

Authorizes towns to delegate the conduct of special town elections to their respective county boards of elections and authorizes fire districts and improvement districts to delegate the conduct of…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsElections Committee

Authorizes John Bergmann to obtain credit for service to a participating employer in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Authorizes John Leslie Bergmann to apply for and obtain retirement service credit, for service in the employment of a participating employer in the New York state and local employees' retirement…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides for the erection of a physical barrier on a section of the Sprain Brook parkway to effectively screen the sound of motor vehicles

Provides for the construction and erection of one or more physical barriers on a section of the Sprain Brook Parkway from the state maintenance facility on West Grassy Sprain Road and running thence…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsTransportation Committee

Expands the products which may be purchased for public use

Expands the products which may be purchased for public use by including renewable energy resources; further increases the cost premium percentage of a product deemed reasonably competitive.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers

Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHigher Education Committee

Relates to reimbursement rates for inpatient hospital services at Westchester medical center

Relates to reimbursement rates for inpatient hospital services at Westchester medical center.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHealth Committee

Relates to prohibiting the idling of motor vehicles in certain counties

Prohibits the idling of motor vehicles in certain counties while stopping, standing or parking, as defined in law and directs appropriate signage to notify motorists of such prohibition and the…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsTransportation Committee

Relates to performance and payment bonds

Increases the contract threshold for which performance and payment bonds are required for small and certified minority and women owned businesses.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

Authorizes and directs the department of health to promulgate regulations to govern the use of chemicals in connection with the practice of nail specialty

Authorizes and directs the department of health to promulgate regulations to govern the use of chemicals in connection with the practice of nail specialty, including, but not limited to, health and…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsConsumer Protection Committee

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential

Requires the office for technology to develop a geographic information system to help municipalities calculate future development potential under existing zoning, planning and other land use laws.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary for the efficient operation of local governments; repealer

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary for the efficient operation of local governments.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Honoring New York Medical College upon the occasion of its 150th Anniversary

Andrea Stewart-CousinsAdopted

Adopted

Provides that a voter claiming to live within an election district in which the voter seeks to vote being advised of the proper polling place and election district

Provides that a voter claiming to live within an election district in which the voter seeks to vote being advised by the poll clerk or election inspector of the proper polling place and election…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

Authorizes Gate of Heaven cemetery to transfer land to the Cemetery Floral Company

Authorizes Gate of Heaven cemetery to transfer land to the Cemetery Floral Company.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Creates the micro business outreach center assistance program and micro business outreach center

Creates the micro business outreach center assistance program within the department of economic development, and provides for its functions, powers and duties; further creates the micro business…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor