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

S4888Senate· Vetoed Dec 17, 2014· Vetoed memo.558
Authorizes the New York city employees' retirement system to consider the application for disability retirement benefits from Peter DiMario
Authorizes the New York city employees' retirement system to consider the application for disability retirement benefits from Peter DiMario.
Andrea Stewart-CousinsVetoed
Vetoed
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OutcomeVetoed
S7958Senate· Moved Dec 10, 2014· Referred to rules
Relates to authority of the attorney general to conduct special investigations
Directs the attorney general to conduct special investigations where an unarmed civilian is killed by a law enforcement officer.
Andrea Stewart-CousinsRules Committee

S6313Senate· Signed Jun 30, 2014· Signed chap.70

Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers

Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S7243Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2014· Committed to rules

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-CousinsRules Committee

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S6389Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2014· Substituted by a8250a

Relates to owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic control indications in the city of New Rochelle

Relates to owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic control indications in the city of New Rochelle; authorizes such city to establish a demonstration program for…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S7842Senate· Moved Jun 19, 2014· Substituted by a10078a

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S6738Senate· Moved Jun 17, 2014· Substituted by a9028c

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-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S7322Senate· Moved Jun 10, 2014· Substituted by a2327a

Relates to expenditures from the insurance reserve fund established by the Scarsdale union free school district

Relates to expenditures from the insurance reserve fund established by the Scarsdale union free school district.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsOn the Senate floor

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S6874Senate· Moved Jun 4, 2014· Amend and recommit to local government

Relates to establishing equalization rates for Greenburgh Central School District

Relates to establishing equalization rates for Greenburgh Central School District.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

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S7737Senate· Moved Jun 3, 2014· Referred to health

Prohibits the vaporization of nicotine within electronic cigarettes in certain areas; increases the purchasing age for tobacco products; evaluates health effects of e-cigarettes on public

Prohibits the vaporization of nicotine within electronic cigarettes in certain areas; increases the purchasing age for tobacco products and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21; directs the…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHealth Committee

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S4117Senate· Moved May 29, 2014· Reported and committed to finance

Requires local social services districts to obtain approval by the governing body of such district prior to applying to amend the consolidated services plan

Requires local social services districts to obtain approval by the governing body of such district prior to applying to the office to amend the consolidated services plan.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

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S4068Senate· Moved May 29, 2014· Reported and committed to finance

Requires residential health care facilities to allow patients and prospective patients to examine financial audits

Requires residential health care facilities to provide notices to patients when a temporary operator has been appointed.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

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S6817Senate· Moved May 19, 2014· Referred to local governments

Provides that bond anticipation notes issued during calendar years 2010 and 2011 may not extend more than 7 years beyond original date of issuance of such bond notes

Provides that bond anticipation notes issued during calendar years 2010 and 2011 may not extend more than 7 years beyond original date of issuance of such bond notes.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Governments Committee

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S7540Senate· Moved May 15, 2014· Referred to labor

Establishes the "Women's Equality Act"; relates to the prohibition of differential pay because of sex

Establishes the "Women's Equality Act"; relates to prohibition of differential pay because of sex (part A); relates to unlawful discriminatory practices (part B); provides for attorney's fees in…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLabor Committee

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S4705Senate· Moved May 6, 2014· Amend and recommit to elections

Enacts the "2014 Fair Elections Act"

Enacts the "2014 fair elections act"; relates to providing for optional partial public financing of certain election campaigns in this state; relates to identification of the source of certain…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsElections Committee

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S3925Senate· Moved Apr 29, 2014· Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; and establishes $500 fine for failure to comply

Establishes an emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; establishes $500 fine for failure to comply with such plan within one year of the effective date.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S6516Senate· Moved Jan 31, 2014· Referred to labor

Provides that municipalities may impose minimum wage standards that are more favorable to employees than those adopted by the state

Provides that municipalities may impose minimum wage standards that are more favorable to employees than those adopted by the state.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLabor Committee

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S6204Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Defeated in elections

Relates to primary elections and the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas

Relates to primary elections and amends certain deadlines to facilitate the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas; relates to filling vacancies in elective offices;…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsElections Committee

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S5785Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to investigations and government operations

Authorizes the town of Greenburgh, specified villages therein, and the village of Sleepy Hollow in the town of Mount Pleasant to adopt a local law to impose a 3% hotel/motel occupancy tax

Authorizes the town of Greenburgh to adopt a local law to impose a 3 percent hotel/motel occupancy tax; authorizes villages in the towns of Greenburgh and the village of Sleepy Hollow in Mount…

Andrea Stewart-CousinsInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S4715Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

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

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S4716Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to transportation

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

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S4574Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

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-CousinsCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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S4573Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to local government

Enhances the reporting requirements for businesses, outside of a city with population of one million or more, which store or use hazardous materials

Enhances the reporting requirements for the storage or use of hazardous materials by businesses, outside of a city having a population of one million or more.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

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S4543Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

Relates to mandatory continuing education for social workers

Relates to mandatory continuing education for master or licensed clinical social workers.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsHigher Education Committee

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S4297Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to local government

Requires that a member of the Westchester county industrial development agency is a member of the governing body of Westchester county

Allows that the Westchester county governing body appoint an additional member of the Westchester county industrial development agency.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

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S4111Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to labor

Requires sanitation workers to receive certain training

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

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLabor Committee

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S4107Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

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

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S4066Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to education

Authorizes the appointment of supervising staff in the city school district of the city of Yonkers by the superintendent of such district

Authorizes the appointment of supervising staff in the city school district of the city of Yonkers by the superintendent of such district.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsEducation Committee

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S3924Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to civil service and pensions

Authorizes Domingo Cabrera to file a retroactive application for retirement with the New York state teachers' retirement system

Authorizes Domingo Cabera to file a retroactive application for retirement with the New York state teachers' retirement system.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S3017Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to local government

Provides for an apportionment to the Yonkers city school district based upon universal prekindergarten enrollment

Provides for an apportionment to the Yonkers city school district based upon universal prekindergarten enrollment.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsLocal Government Committee

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S3019Senate· Moved Jan 8, 2014· Referred to higher education

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

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