Bills by

Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Senator

87 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →scousins@senate.state.ny.us

2013-2014 session

Sponsored bills

87 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

S3018Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education
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
ImpactPending
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S3021Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Provides for the appointment of 4 more members to the board of the city of Yonkers parking authority
Provides for the appointment of 2 more members to the board of the city of Yonkers parking authority.
Andrea Stewart-CousinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

S3016Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Provides Yonkers city school district with additional supplemental education improvement plan funds

Provides Yonkers city school district with additional supplemental education improvement plan funds.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEducation Committee

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S1168Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to judiciary

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

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S1169Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Relates to limited profit housing companies

Relates to limited profit housing companies.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S1167Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to housing, construction and community development

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

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S691Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to local government

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 Government Committee

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S692Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to environmental conservation

Makes provisions regarding the siting of environmental facilities in minority communities or economically distressed areas

Makes various provisions regulating the location of environmental facilities to insure equity of treatment for minority communities or economically distressed areas; requires environmental impact…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S693Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to local government

Provides for the information technology procurement savings act of 2014; provides local governments and school districts more contracting flexibility

Provides for the Information Technology Procurement Savings Act of 2014; provides local governments and school districts more contracting flexibility; and provides for purchasing services through…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

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S676Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to elections

Prohibits deceptive practices and the suppression of voters, and increases penalties for violations of the elective franchise

Makes the suppression of voters a civil violation.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsElections Committee

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S677Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Prohibits hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies based upon an individual's unemployment status

Prohibits hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies based upon an individual's unemployment status.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S678Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to judiciary

Requires public administrators to provide notice prior to the disposal of certain properties

Requires public administrators to provide notice to the local government and municipal landmark board prior to the disposal of certain historic properties.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsJudiciary Committee

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S438Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Defeated in health

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

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S4653Senate· Signed Sep 27, 2013· Signed chap.370

Authorizes the county of Westchester to discontinue the use as parkland of parcels of real property in the town of Greenburgh for the purposes of completing certain proposed improvements to Jackson Avenue

Authorizes the county of Westchester to discontinue the use as parkland of parcels of real property in the town of Greenburgh for the purposes of completing certain proposed improvements to Jackson…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S4110Senate· Vetoed Sep 27, 2013· Vetoed memo.224

Relates to the dissolution of union free school district number 13 in the town of Greenburgh; repealer

Relates to the dissolution of union free school district number 13 in the town of Greenburgh.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsVetoed

Vetoed

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OutcomeVetoed

S5829Senate· Moved Jun 21, 2013· Substituted by a6721b

Clarifies the authority of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District to lease certain properties and to expand its boundaries

Relates to a separate union free school district in the town of Greenburgh, in the county of Westchester; clarifies the authority of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District to lease…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S5278Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2013· Substituted by a4086a

Authorizes the public service commission, upon application by a municipality, to order costs for infrastructure maintenance and access to be charged to all customer classes

Authorizes the public service commission, upon application by a municipality, following a local law, to order costs for infrastructure maintenance and access to be charged to all customer classes…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S4241Senate· Moved Jun 18, 2013· Recommit, enacting clause stricken

Clarifies the authority of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District to lease certain properties and to expand its boundaries

Relates to a separate union free school district in the town of Greenburgh, in the county of Westchester; clarifies the authority of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District to lease…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsStricken

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S5000Senate· Moved Jun 11, 2013· Substituted by a7328a

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to merge the functions of its parking violations bureau and administrative adjudication bureau

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to merge the functions of its parking violations bureau and administrative adjudication bureau.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S4298Senate· Moved Jun 4, 2013· Substituted by a6549

Extends the expiration date of the personal income tax surcharge imposed in the city of Yonkers

Extends the expiration date of the personal income tax surcharge imposed by the city of Yonkers.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S4116Senate· Moved Jun 4, 2013· Substituted by a7022

Extends the expiration of the mortgage recording tax imposed by the city of Yonkers

Extends the expiration of the mortgage recording tax imposed by the city of Yonkers.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Sponsored bills

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 the appointment of 4 more members to the board of the city of Yonkers parking authority

Provides Yonkers city school district with additional supplemental education improvement plan funds

Relates to defining the term "express advocacy"

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

Relates to limited profit housing companies

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

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

Makes provisions regarding the siting of environmental facilities in minority communities or economically distressed areas

Provides for the information technology procurement savings act of 2014; provides local governments and school districts more contracting flexibility

Prohibits deceptive practices and the suppression of voters, and increases penalties for violations of the elective franchise

Prohibits hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies based upon an individual's unemployment status

Requires public administrators to provide notice prior to the disposal of certain properties

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; repealer

Authorizes a real property tax exemption application from Mt. Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. D/B/A Greenburgh Health Center, in the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester

Authorizes the county of Westchester to discontinue the use as parkland of parcels of real property in the town of Greenburgh for the purposes of completing certain proposed improvements to Jackson Avenue

Relates to the dissolution of union free school district number 13 in the town of Greenburgh; repealer

Clarifies the authority of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District to lease certain properties and to expand its boundaries

Relates to the alienation of parkland in the city of Yonkers

Authorizes the public service commission, upon application by a municipality, to order costs for infrastructure maintenance and access to be charged to all customer classes

Clarifies the authority of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District to lease certain properties and to expand its boundaries

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to merge the functions of its parking violations bureau and administrative adjudication bureau

Extends the expiration date of the personal income tax surcharge imposed in the city of Yonkers

Extends the expiration of the mortgage recording tax imposed by the city of Yonkers

Commemorating July 1, 2013, as the 70th Anniversary of the creation of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps

Congratulating John H. Stroud upon the occasion of celebrating his 100th Birthday

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Westchester-Rockland Guardians Association

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 21-27, 2013, as Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week in the State of New York

Recognizing Thursday, April 25, 2013, as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers

Congratulating the New Rochelle High School Varsity and JV Cheerleading Teams on capturing the 2013 National High School Cheerleading Championships

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March, 2013, as Women's History Month in the State of New York

Congratulating the New Rochelle Varsity Football Team on capturing the New York State Class AA Championship

Congratulating Debra Kolsrud for her skillfully worded theme to be used in conjunction with the celebration of the 2013 National Women's History Month

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim February 2013 as Black History Month in the State of New York

Memorializing the 84th Birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.