Bills by

Adriano Espaillat

Senator

210 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →espailla@nysenate.gov

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

210 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

J3562Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2016· Adopted
Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim February 2016, as Dominican Heritage Month in the State of New York
Adriano EspaillatAdopted
Adopted
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OutcomeAdopted
J3563Senate· Moved Feb 2, 2016· Adopted
Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2016 as Russian American History Month in the State of New York
Adriano EspaillatAdopted
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S6589Senate· Moved Jan 28, 2016· Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

Regulates the establishment and location of methadone treatment centers

Regulates the establishment and location of a methadone treatment center by prohibiting its establishment or continued operation within five hundred feet of an educational institution at the…

Adriano EspaillatAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

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S6324Senate· Moved Jan 22, 2016· Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations

Relates to authorizing the state liquor authority to impose a one year moratorium on the issuance of new licenses to sell liquor on premises in certain instances

Relates to authorizing the state liquor authority to impose a one year moratorium on the issuance of new licenses to sell liquor on premises in certain instances in cities having a population of one…

Adriano EspaillatInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S6057Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Directs the commissioner of health to seek a waiver from the federal government to authorize undocumented immigrants to purchase unsubsidized health insurance through the New York State of Health Marketplace

Directs the commissioner of health to seek a waiver from the federal government to authorize undocumented immigrants to purchase unsubsidized health insurance through the New York State of Health…

Adriano EspaillatHealth Committee

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S5102Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Eliminates rent regulation protection for certain high rent apartments; repealer

Eliminates rent regulation protection for certain high rent apartments.

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S5040Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments; repealer

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments.

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S4802Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to elections

Designates state and city universities of New York as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance

Designates state and city universities of New York as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance; permits independent institutions to do the same upon request;…

Adriano EspaillatElections Committee

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S4806Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to investments by the comptroller; appropriation

Relates to investments by the comptroller; requires the comptroller to comply with provisions of the executive law relating to participation by minority- and women-owned businesses in awarding…

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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S4364Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Establishes an office of the independent public advocate and makes an appropriation therefor

Establishes an office of the independent public advocate and makes an appropriation therefor.

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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S4308Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Requires hospitals to post information regarding the length of time a patient will wait in a hospital emergency department

Requires hospitals to post information regarding the length of time a patient will wait in a hospital emergency department in the waiting room and on the hospital website.

Adriano EspaillatHealth Committee

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S4232Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Increases penalties for assaults of taxicab drivers, livery drivers or for-hire vehicle drivers

Increases penalties for assaults of taxicab drivers, livery drivers or for-hire vehicle drivers.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3858Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Relates to illegal maneuvers while operating a motorcycle

Relates to the performance of illegal maneuvers while operating a motorcycle; establishes penalties where harm to another results from an illegal maneuver.

Adriano EspaillatTransportation Committee

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S3859Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records.

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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S3845Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to infrastructure and capital investment

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish on its website a database of major capital improvements

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish on its website a database of building-wide major capital improvements installed by landlords in every city of more than one million…

Adriano EspaillatInfrastructure And Capital Investment Committee

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S3843Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Requires credit card solicitations and statements to display a "Credit Card Facts" display box

Requires credit card solicitations and statements to display a "Credit Card Facts" display box.

Adriano EspaillatConsumer Protection Committee

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S3841Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Establishes additional causes of action under harassment of a rent regulated tenant; creates harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the second degree

Establishes additional causes of action under harassment of a rent regulated tenant; creates harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the second degree; creates quality affordable housing…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3842Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Relates to the regulation of the drilling of natural gas resources

Relates to the regulation of the drilling of natural gas resources.

Adriano EspaillatEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S3782Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Prohibits the collection of rent arrearages accruing prior to the date of approval of an application for an adjustment in the legal regulated rent based upon a major capital improvement

Prohibits the collection of rent arrearages accruing prior to the date of approval of an application for an adjustment in the legal regulated rent based upon a major capital improvement.

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S3756Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold and requiring the disclosure of indoor mold history upon the sale of certain real property

Relates to the remediation and prevention of indoor mold; requires the disclosure of indoor mold history upon the sale of certain real property; requires notification to prospective lessees; directs…

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S3750Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Creates tenants' right to recover certain attorneys' fees incurred as a result of service of notice based upon false facts or allegations

Creates tenants' right to recover certain attorneys' fees incurred as a result of service of notice based upon false facts or allegations.

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

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S3744Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Extends the statute of limitations in criminal and civil actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age

Establishes the period of limitation for the prosecution of a sex offense defined in article 130 of the penal law, incest or use of a child in a sexual performance committed against a person less…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3747Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Requires monitoring by DEC of water contamination throughout the state and notification of such contamination by the department of health

Requires monitoring by DEC of water contamination throughout the state and notification to residents of the state of such contamination by the department of health and the public health and health…

Adriano EspaillatEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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S3751Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Provides for legal representation in certain mortgage foreclosure actions

Provides for free legal representation in certain mortgage foreclosure actions where the homeowner is financially unable to obtain counsel; requires notice of such availability.

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S3742Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Creates a subpart of the housing part to handle cases involving condominiums and cooperative buildings

Creates a special subpart of the housing part within the NYC civil court to handle cases involving condominiums and cooperative buildings.

Adriano EspaillatJudiciary Committee

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S3743Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Prohibits warehousing of housing accommodations and harassment of tenants; provides penalties therefor

Provides that civil penalties may be levied against an owner who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S3752Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Requires information on violence against women including domestic violence and human trafficking to be provided to foreign, prospective wives coming to this country

Requires information pertaining to violence against women including domestic violence and human trafficking to be provided to foreign, prospective wives entering this country.

Adriano EspaillatConsumer Protection Committee

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S3745Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Enacts the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act

Enacts the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act; creates offenses of illegal gun trafficking, criminal possession of a weapon by a minor, criminal use of a weapon by a minor, and lost or stolen firearm to…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3746Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Protects non-purchasing senior citizens threatened by eviction pursuant to a cooperative/condominium conversion plan

Provides that a person sixty-two years of age or older, who is a tenant of a dwelling unit located in a building which is located in the city of New York, and who is threatened with eviction because…

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S3748Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Includes four family dwelling within definition of homestead class

Allows the governing body of any approved assessing unit, except a county or a city with a population of one million or more, by referendum, to include owner-occupied four family residential…

Adriano EspaillatLocal Government Committee

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S3749Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Promotes fairness in competitive bidding by providing for enforcement of prevailing wage provisions applicable to public work construction projects

Promotes fairness in competitive bidding by providing for enforcement of prevailing wage provisions applicable to public work construction projects; permits any person to bring a civil action for…

Adriano EspaillatConsumer Protection Committee

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S3740Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to the prohibition of illegal gun trafficking

Relates to the prohibition of illegal gun trafficking; makes the violation of such prohibition a class D felony.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3741Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Limits the rent increase after vacancy of a housing accommodation and relates to the adjustment of maximum allowable rent

Limits the rent increase after vacancy of a housing accommodation by eliminating the twenty percent increase for vacant rent stabilized apartments; requires landlords to include an itemized cost…

Adriano EspaillatHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S3721Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to racing, gaming and wagering

Prohibits the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing

Prohibits the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing.

Adriano EspaillatRacing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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S3728Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires domestic violence awareness in a school curriculum and establishes a domestic violence awareness trust fund

Requires domestic violence awareness in school curriculums and further increases the fees charged for the issuance of a marriage license and filing of certificates of dissolution of marriage for the…

Adriano EspaillatEducation Committee

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S3726Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Establishes the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program

Establishes the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program; provides New York state companies with technical assistance with research projects and with the application for federal…

Adriano EspaillatHigher Education Committee

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S3727Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Authorizes recoupment of financial incentives awarded businesses upon failure to fulfill the terms of such incentive

Authorizes recoupment by the state or any political subdivision of financial incentives such as awards, loans, grants or tax abatements, awarded businesses for purposes of job training, job creation…

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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S3722Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to the use of an advanced system for securing tobacco taxes

Relates to the use of an advanced system for securing tobacco taxes; requires exclusive use of encrypted counterfeit-resistant cigarette tax stamps to provide a commission to agents for the purpose…

Adriano EspaillatInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S3714Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers from inquiring about immigration status

Prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers from inquiring about immigration status unless a person is booked into a detention facility or the immigration status of a person is pertinent to the…

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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S3717Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to possession and sale of armor piercing ammunition; repealer

Makes possession and sale of armor piercing ammunition a class B felony; includes exchanging and disposing of armor piercing ammunition.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3718Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Prohibits the use of coercion for the purpose of exposing a person's immigration status

Prohibits the use of coercion for the purpose of exposing a person's immigration status.

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3715Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient in connection with certain services

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient individuals in connection with services provided through the department of labor, department…

Adriano EspaillatFinance Committee

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S3719Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Requires the safe storage of all guns, either in a safe or with a locking device, and provides penalties for simple and complex violations; requires notices

Requires the safe storage of all guns, either in a safe or with a locking device, and provides penalties for simple and complex violations (removal from premises, injury or death results); requires…

Adriano EspaillatCodes Committee

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S3720Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Caps fares for paratransit transportation

Provides for a cap on fares for paratransit transportation.

Adriano EspaillatTransportation Committee

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S3712Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Requires entities receiving a certain tax exemption to employ New York state residents during the course of a project

Requires entities receiving a certain tax exemption to utilize New York State residents as at least eighty-five percent of its workforce during the course of a project for which the exemption is…

Adriano EspaillatLocal Government Committee

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