Senate · District 11 · 2013–14
Tony Avella
SD-11No longer in office
Chair, Social Services; Vice chair, Environmental Conservation
In office since 2011 · 4 sessionsavella@nysenate.gov
Sponsored
233
153 bills, 80 resolutions
Passed a house
13
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
3
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
6 of 234 sponsored bills passed (6.2%), ranking #39 of 62 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
153 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S1702In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to veterans' eligibility for public housing
- S1014In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Requires public schools to incorporate instruction in Indo-Caribbean studies into their existing curriculum
- S729In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Reduces rebate of the stock transfer tax to 80% and provides for appropriation of the balance of such tax: 25% to the city of New York and 75% to the state
- S733In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Provides for forfeiture of a truck, tractor and/or tractor-trailer combination for a third violation of designated truck routes within 18 months
- S730In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Prohibits the disposal in a solid waste facility of lamps containing mercury; requires manufacturers thereof to establish collection and recycling programs
- S734In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to natural gas development using hydraulic fracturing
- S732In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps
- S731In Assembly Committee· May 7, 2014Provides a means of incorporation for organized groups affiliated with the Hindu, Sikh and Islamic faiths
- S735In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to global warming pollution control
- S723In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Authorizes the creation of the community group assistance lottery game and establishes the community grant fund
- S725In Assembly Committee· Jun 11, 2014Increases the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years
- S727In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Does away with the legislative ethics commission and transfers certain duties to the joint commission on public ethics; repealer
- S728In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to the definition of freshwater wetlands; repealer
- S724In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Relates to eligibility for acceptance into the brownfield cleanup program; repealer
- S726In Assembly Committee· Jun 23, 2014Relates to classifying properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assessment purposes as class one-a properties
- S689In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Requires the port authority of New York and New Jersey to conduct a noise and land use compatibility study
- S680In Assembly Committee· Jun 10, 2014Relates to method of payment on delinquent real property taxes, sewer rents, sewer surcharges, water rents, or any other charges that are made a lien
- S690In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Directs the public service commission to undertake a study of consumer protections adopted by electric corporations and utilities
- S688In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Enacts the "politician self-immortalization prevention act"
- S683In Senate Committee· Jan 8, 2014Establishes the payment of certain volunteer firefighter death benefits shall be within ninety days of the filing of application to receive such death benefit
Committees
- Social ServicesChair
- Environmental ConservationVice chair
- Banks
- Codes
- Education
- Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- New York City Education Subcommittee
- Transportation