Senate · District 35 · 2015–16
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
SD-35
Vice chair, Rules
In office since 2009 · 9 sessionsscousins@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
86
51 bills, 35 resolutions
Passed a house
8
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
7
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
18 of 86 sponsored bills passed (37.4%), ranking #10 of 66 in the Senate. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
Sponsored bills
51 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S8143Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 15, 2016Relates to a residential reassessment exemption for the town of Greenburgh in the county of Westchester
- S7978In Senate Committee· Jun 1, 2016Relates to public members of a rent guidelines board
- S7942In Senate Committee· Jun 6, 2016Relates to a residential revaluation exemption
- S7859In Assembly Committee· Jun 9, 2016Increases the amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons over sixty-five years of age and persons with disabilities and limited income
- S7459Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 16, 2016Establishes the Yonkers city school district joint schools construction and modernization act
- S6938In Senate Committee· Mar 8, 2016Directs the discontinuance of the Yonkers toll plaza on the New York state thruway
- S6884Signed by Governor· Sep 9, 2016Relates to the exemption of certain parcels of land for alcoholic beverage control purposesSigned into law
- S6883In Senate Committee· Mar 3, 2016Prohibits the termination of tenancy in certain housing occupied by senior citizens and/or persons with disabilities
- S6872Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 17, 2016Authorizes 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
- S6452In Senate Committee· Jan 27, 2016Relates to primary elections and the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas
- S6355Senate Floor Calendar· Mar 7, 2016Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers
- S6094In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the creation of the long term unemployment work and training program
- S5993In Senate Committee· Jun 18, 2015Authorizes the city of Yonkers to impose an additional one-half of one percent sales tax
- S5916In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the applicable school years for designation of persistently failing schools
- S5749In Senate Committee· Jun 16, 2016Authorizes Leila El-Chehabi to apply for service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system
- S5688Signed by Governor· Aug 13, 2015Relates to owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications in the city of White Plains; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereofSigned into law
- S5447In Senate Committee· Mar 15, 2016Establishes the community schools act; appropriation
- S5233In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to limited profit housing companies
- S5187Signed by Governor· Sep 25, 2015Authorizes a residential parking system in the village of Dobbs FerrySigned into law
- S5055In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2016Provides that bond anticipation notes issued during calendar years 2012 and 2013 may not extend more than 7 years beyond original date of issuance of such bond notes
Committees
- RulesVice chair