Bills by

Neil D. Breslin

Senator

10,455 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →breslin@senate.state.ny.us

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

10,455 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S5058Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Creates a disabled person retrofit tax credit
Creates a disabled person retrofit tax credit.
Thomas K. DuaneInvestigations And Government Operations Committee
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S5057Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Establishes rent adjustments; repealer
Establishes the rent board reform act of 2012; establishes rent adjustments, and removes certain provisions relating to vacancy leases.
Thomas K. DuaneHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee
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A7272Assembly· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Authorizes the county of Hamilton to impose an additional 1% of sales and compensating use taxes

Authorizes the county of Hamilton to impose an additional 1% of sales and compensating use taxes.

Teresa SaywardWays And Means Committee

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S4854Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Authorizes the county of Hamilton to impose an additional 1% of sales and compensating use taxes

Authorizes the county of Hamilton to impose an additional 1% of sales and compensating use taxes.

Betty LittleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4224Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to finance

Relates to forensic DNA testing and to requests for certain DNA test comparisons

Establishes the minimum period of time that forensic samples should be retained by investigating authorities; creates the state commission for the integrity of the criminal justice system, as an…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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A6246Assembly· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to ways and means

Provides business tax credit for employer provided day care

Provides employers with a tax credit in an amount not to exceed 20% of expenses incurred in providing day care services to the children and wards of its employees and in training persons employed by…

William MagnarelliWays And Means Committee

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A6206Assembly· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to aging

Increases allowable maximum income of persons occupying rental units otherwise eligible for tax abatement in certain cases

Increases allowable maximum income of persons occupying rental units otherwise eligible for tax abatement in certain cases under provisions applicable to senior citizens' rent increase exemption…

Brian KavanaghAging Committee

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S3853Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Requires disclosure of the manner in which public funds have been expended by the executive and legislative branches of state government

Requires the legislature and state departments, agencies and other governmental entities to disclose the manner in which public funds have been expended and to detail the work location of employees…

Suzi OppenheimerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S3359Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to agriculture

Relates to the use of an official state of New York quality trademark for milk and milk products

Provides for the use of an official state of New York quality trademark for milk and milk products; sets forth requirements and procedures.

Thomas K. DuaneAgriculture Committee

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A4837Assembly· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to governmental operations

Establishes the commission on the infrastructure of New York state and provides for its powers and duties

Establishes the commission on the infrastructure of New York state to ensure that the infrastructure of the state meets current and future demand and facilitates economic growth, is maintained in a…

Aravella SimotasGovernmental Operations Committee

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A4331Assembly· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to governmental employees

Relates to retirement benefits for employees of the state office of fire prevention and control

Allows certain employees in the state office of fire prevention and control to transfer to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system and to be covered by the provisions of the…

John McEnenyGovernmental Employees Committee

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S2737Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend (t) and recommit to codes

Amends the crime of unauthorized radio transmission to be a class D felony

Amends the crime of unauthorized radio transmission to include those who broadcast radio transmissions without obtaining a license to do so from the FCC; makes it a class D felony punishable by…

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

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S2736Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend (t) and recommit to local government

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts; repealer

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts.

Stephen M. SalandLocal Government Committee

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S2707Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to finance

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts.

Stephen M. SalandFinance Committee

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A3372Assembly· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Enacting clause stricken

Requires state agencies to report on greenhouse gas emissions as a result of their operations

Requires state agencies to report on greenhouse gas emissions as a result of their operations.

Robert SweeneyStricken

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S2182Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to environmental conservation

Relates to the regulation of outdoor wood boilers

Relates to the regulation of outdoor wood boilers.

Betty LittleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S1574Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend (t) and recommit to education

Establishes the education mandate relief act of 2012

Establishes the education mandate relief act; authorizes the board of education to enter into piggyback contracts with another school district for transportation services and directs BOCES to…

Suzi OppenheimerEducation Committee

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S1491Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to local government

Authorizes state reimbursement to municipal corporations for tax revenue lost and expenses incurred as a result of the reduced assessment of forest land

Authorizes a procedure whereby the chief executive officer of a municipal corporation in which there is located privately owned forest lands which are exempt from real property taxes to make…

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

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S1308Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to children and families

Enacts provisions relating to the reporting of child abuse

Enacts provisions relating to the reporting of child abuse; delineates what persons are required to report cases of suspected child abuse to law enforcement agencies; any person required to report…

Thomas K. DuaneChildren And Families Committee

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S1282Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development

Requires landlord to grant access to engineer or architect hired by tenants to inspect major capital improvements in certain multiple dwellings

Provides that no landlord shall deny access to a licensed professional engineer or licensed registered architect hired by any tenant or tenant association representing tenants of a multiple dwelling…

Thomas K. DuaneHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S1089Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications

Provides a tax exemption from sales and compensating use taxes on alternative energy systems

Provides a tax exemption from sales and compensating use taxes on alternative energy systems including alternative energy systems, new Energy Star appliances and tangible personal property used in…

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S546Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to local government

Relates to the taxation of property owned by a cooperative corporation

Relates to the taxation of property owned by a cooperative corporation.

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

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S133Senate· Moved Jan 11, 2012· Amend and recommit to local government

Requires market-based assessments on real property owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or on a condominium basis

Requires market-based assessments of real property owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or on a condominium basis which is converted or constructed on or after January 1, 2014.

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

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A8970Assembly· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Referred to higher education

Enacts the "New York state family tuition investment program act" to provide for the advance purchase of tuition to colleges in the state

Enacts the "New York state family tuition investment program act" to provide for the advance purchase of tuition to colleges in the state.

William MagnarelliHigher Education Committee

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A8964Assembly· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Held for consideration in ways and means

Grants a personal income tax credit for 20% of the tolls paid by the taxpayer to the port authority of New York and New Jersey

Grants a personal income tax credit for 20% of the tolls paid by the taxpayer to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, when the aggregate of such tolls exceed 2% of the taxpayers federal…

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

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S6155Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Reported and committed to finance

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Port Chester-Rye union free school district

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Port Chester-Rye union free school district for the 2007-2008 school year.

Suzi OppenheimerFinance Committee

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S6144Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Reported and committed to finance

Authorizes the Fredonia central school district to receive state aid for certain approved capital funded projects

Authorizes the Fredonia central school district to receive state aid for certain approved capital funded projects.

Catharine YoungFinance Committee

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S6147Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Reported and committed to finance

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district which were denied by the education department for failure of the district to…

Hugh T. FarleyFinance Committee

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S6145Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Reported and committed to finance

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Mamaroneck union free school district

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Mamaroneck union free school district for the 2008-2009 school year.

Suzi OppenheimerFinance Committee

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S6146Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Reported and committed to finance

Authorizes the Babylon union free school district to receive state aid for a certain approved capital funded project

Authorizes the Babylon union free school district to receive state aid for a certain approved capital funded project.

Owen H. JohnsonFinance Committee

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S6143Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Reported and committed to finance

Legalizes actions of the Rocky Point union free school district with respect to certain building aid contracts

Legalizes actions of the Rocky Point union free school district with respect to certain building aid contracts.

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

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S6141Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Reported and committed to finance

Directs the education department to issue certain state aid to the Central Islip U.F. School District for certain capital construction projects

Directs the education department to issue certain state aid to the Central Islip Union Free School District for certain capital construction projects.

Lee M. ZeldinFinance Committee

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S6116Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Substituted by a8694a

Relates to procedures for destitute children; repealer

Relates to procedures for destitute children; relates to kinship guardian assistance payments; clarifies that the court may appoint an attorney for the child in article 10-B proceedings; provides a…

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

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S5921Senate· Moved Jan 10, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Relates to the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2011-2012 budget

Relates to the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2011-2012 budget.

Mark GrisantiWays And Means Committee

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