Co-sponsored bills

Grants eligibility for student financial aid to persons granted deferred action for childhood arrival status and to certain non-residents of the state

Grants eligibility for student financial aid to persons granted deferred action for childhood arrival status and to certain non-residents of the state.

Francisco MoyaHigher Education Committee

Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten

Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten instruction.

Catherine NolanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the the exemption from taxation of alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings to eliminate fire and health hazards; repealer

Relates to the the exemption from taxation of alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings to eliminate fire and health hazards; relates to a partial abatement of real property taxes for…

Vito LopezWays And Means Committee

Expands the powers and duties of the community district education council and restricts the authority of the city board of education of the city of New York to co-locate schools

Expands the powers and duties of the community district education council and restricts the authority of the city board of education of the city of New York to co-locate schools.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Imposes a moratorium on the initiation of school closings in N.Y. city

Imposes a moratorium on the initiation of school closings in cities with a population of one million or more.

Hakeem JeffriesRules Committee

Includes eating disorders awareness, prevention, reduction and treatment within the health care and wellness education and outreach program

Includes eating disorders awareness, prevention, reduction and treatment, especially among children and adolescents, within the health care and wellness education and outreach program of the…

Peter RiveraRules Committee

Relates to the duties of providers of mammography services to notify and inform patients if a mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue

Relates to duties of providers of mammography services to notify and inform patients if a mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue.

Ellen C. JaffeeOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "safe patient handling act"

Enacts the safe patient handling act to establish a statewide safe patient handling policy for health care facilities in the state; creates the New York state safe patient handling work group.

Aileen GuntherHealth Committee

Establishes a farm-to-senior program to facilitate and promote the purchase of New York farm products by senior centers and other institutions for the aging

Establishes a farm-to-senior program to facilitate and promote the purchase of New York farm products by senior centers and other institutions for the aging.

William MageeRules Committee

Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees

Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees.

Aravella SimotasCodes Committee

Requires notice from employers to customers of service charges and administrative fees that are not distributed to employees as gratuities

Requires notice from employers to customers of service charges and administrative fees that are not distributed to employees as gratuities.

Phillip GoldfederLabor Committee

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions.

Grace MengWays And Means Committee

Relates to the offense of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree

Relates to the offense of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree.

Hakeem JeffriesOn the Assembly floor

Provides unemployment benefits to workers who are partially unemployed; repealer

Provides unemployment benefits to workers who are partially unemployed.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Relates to certain tax credits and exemptions in N.Y. city

Relates to a partial abatement of real property taxes for condos and co-ops; a credit for S corporations and credits and exemptions under the commercial rent or occupancy tax, in a city having a…

Grace MengReal Property Taxation Committee

Requires the director of the office of the aging to develop materials relating to elder abuse awareness in social adult day services programs

Requires the director of the office of the aging to develop materials for employees and volunteers relating to elder abuse awareness in social adult day services programs.

Joan MillmanAging Committee

Creates an exception to school busing requirements in the city of New York for restoration of past services

Creates an exception to school bussing requirements in the city of New York for restoration of past services; requires school bus transportation to be provided to certain seventh and eighth graders…

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires massage therapists to include license numbers in advertising

Requires massage therapists to include license numbers in advertising.

Grace MengEconomic Development Committee

Creates the New York DREAM fund commission and makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a taxpayer identification number

Creates the New York DREAM fund commission, which shall be committed to advancing the educational opportunities of children of immigrants through scholarship programs that provide assistance with…

Francisco MoyaHigher Education Committee

Enacts the "New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act"; redefines the definition of "employee"

Enacts the "New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act"; redefines the definition of "employee".

Keith L.T. WrightCodes Committee

Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition

Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition.

Thomas AbinantiElections Committee

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools and students at the state and city universities of New York must take a financial literacy course

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools and students at the state and city universities of New York must take a financial literacy course.

Carl HeastieEducation Committee

Makes various provisions relating to prostitution offenses; repealer

Establishes the "trafficking victims protection and justice act"; makes various provisions relating to prostitution offenses; creates crimes of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution.

Amy PaulinCodes Committee

Relates to endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person

Relates to endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person.

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

Adds the prostitution of a child less than 17 by a parent, guardian or person charged with the custody of such child, to class B felony of promoting prostitution 1st degree

Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent,…

Michael SimanowitzCodes Committee

Relates to the apportionment of state monies to reimburse certain nonpublic schools for their expenses in complying with certain state reporting requirements

Relates to the apportionment of state monies to reimburse certain nonpublic schools for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements for the reporting of basic educational data.

Michael CusickEducation Committee

Requires residential healthcare facilities to provide, in multiple languages, information concerning procedures for reporting abuse of patients in the facilities

Requires residential healthcare facilities to post, in multiple languages, information concerning procedures for reporting abuse of patients in the facilities, to provide such information in written…

Grace MengOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas

Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas.

Robert SweeneyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil; suspends the issuance of new permits for such drilling.

Robert SweeneyOn the Assembly floor

Relates to amount of apportionments of deficiencies in apportionments of state monies to certain nonpublic schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying

Relates to amount of apportionments and deficiencies in apportionments of state monies to certain nonpublic schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements.

Joseph LentolWays And Means Committee

Excludes any time during which a person was incarcerated from the ten year period relevant to the definition of the crime of persistent sexual abuse

Excludes any time during which a person was incarcerated from the ten year period relevant to the definition of the crime of persistent sexual abuse.

Aravella SimotasCodes Committee

Makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a valid taxpayer identification number

Makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a valid taxpayer identification number.

Francisco MoyaGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to unoccupied school bus seats in New York city

Relates to unoccupied school bus seats in New York city and requires the NYC department of education to develop a system to fill such unoccupied seats with otherwise ineligible students for school…

Michael CusickEducation Committee

Establishes the offense of forcible touching against a child

Establishes the class E felony offense of forcible touching against a child who is under 13 years old.

Aravella SimotasCodes Committee

Requires that real property tax assessment information be subject to the freedom of information law

Requires that real property tax assessment information be subject to the Freedom of Information Law.

Sean T. HannaReal Property Taxation Committee

Relates to contracts governing foreign states

Relates to contracts governing debt obligations of foreign states.

Aravella SimotasJudiciary Committee

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marijuana possession

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marihuana possession; makes unlawful possession of small amounts of marihuana a violation punishable by a fine.

Hakeem JeffriesCodes Committee

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 225 and extends the authorization for such program

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 225 and extends the authorization for such program.

Carl HeastieTransportation Committee

Establishes certain proof requirements for plaintiffs seeking summary judgment or a default judgment in a residential foreclosure proceeding

Establishes certain proof and settlement requirements for plaintiffs seeking summary judgment or a default judgment in a residential foreclosure proceeding; provides that only the owner and holder…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Requires certain persons to report financial exploitation of the elderly; repealer

Requires various persons (similar to child abuse) to report financial exploitation of the elderly (sixty-two or older) to a social services official, directs the commissioner of children and family…

Michael BenedettoAging Committee

Makes tuition-free college courses available for persons at least sixty years of age

Authorizes the trustees of the state university and community colleges to offer courses to persons 60 years of age or over without tuition and either with or without credit; provides for taking of…

Margaret MarkeyHigher Education Committee

Includes in the class A misdemeanor of obscenity in the third degree the distribution or dissemination of obscene material

Includes in the class A misdemeanor of obscenity in the third degree the distribution or dissemination of obscene material; expands the definition of "obscene" to include nudity, and lewd exhibition…

Francisco MoyaCodes Committee

Exempts white collar boxing from regulation by the state boxing commission

Exempts white collar boxing from regulation by the state boxing commission; provides that a "white collar boxer" is a person who is not a professional boxer or an amateur registered with the U.S.

Francisco MoyaTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Authorizes youth services organizations to search records of the division of criminal justice services to determine if an applicant has been convicted of a sex offense

Authorizes youth services organizations to search records of the division of criminal justice services to determine if an applicant has been convicted of a sex offense.

Andrew HevesiCorrection Committee

Requires assessment of high school athletes before participation in contact sports following head injury, requires public school coaches to receive training

Requires neurocognative assessment of high school athletes before participation in contact sports and following any concussion and traumatic head injury and requires public school coaches to receive…

Kenneth ZebrowskiEducation Committee

Adds to the definition of serious injury and relates to determining the sufficiency of the evidence related to the serious injury

Adds to the definition of serious injury and relates to determining the sufficiency of the evidence related to the serious injury; includes that question of fact will be determined by the trier.

Matthew TitoneInsurance Committee

Increases penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting

Increases penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.

Steven CymbrowitzTransportation Committee

Requires school bus transportation to students in cities having a population of one million or more

Requires school bus transportation be provided to students in cities having a population of one million or more.

Michael CusickEducation Committee