2017-2018 session: change session
Local Government bills
Bills on how cities, counties, towns and villages govern themselves, plus veterans affairs and homeland security. Many are home-rule bills that only affect a single municipality, such as local tax extensions or property transfers.
Highest impact
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
- A11158Assembly
Build LaGuardia Airport Train
This bill authorizes property acquisition for constructing a mass transit rail link to LaGuardia Airport, outlining routes, procedures, and conditions.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6898Senate
Guarantee Sick Leave for 9/11 Responders
This bill expands and clarifies sick leave and reimbursement rules for public employees with qualifying World Trade Center conditions.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0% - A8013Assembly
Aid for Flood Recovery
This bill establishes grant programs, property tax relief, and tax exemptions to aid New Yorkers affected by Lake Ontario and connected waterway flooding in 2017.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S1411Senate
Cancer Benefits for Volunteer Firefighters
This bill requires fire departments to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits and insurance for eligible volunteer firefighters, including lump sum and monthly payments.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6326Senate
Allow Clean Air Taxis
This bill requires New York City to allow all hybrid and electric vehicles that meet for-hire requirements to be used as taxicabs.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6513Senate
Boost Minority, Women Businesses
This bill allows New York City agencies to make small procurements from certified minority and women-owned businesses without formal competition and to favor such businesses in contracts.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A281Assembly
Support Minority, Women Businesses
This bill allows New York City to give preference and certain contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses without formal competitive bidding.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0% - A5931Assembly
Coordinate Disabled Veteran Services
This bill creates a New York State interagency coordinating council to improve and coordinate services for service-disabled veterans.
Impact 7 · Significant·Vetoed
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeVetoed - A8508Assembly
Support Minority, Women Businesses
The bill allows New York City agencies to make purchases up to $150,000 from certified minority and women-owned businesses without formal competitive bidding and requires annual reporting on such…
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0% - A8995Assembly
Help Minority, Women Businesses
This bill expands eligibility for certain city contract benefits to businesses certified as minority or women-owned under either state or city programs.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0%
Most likely to pass
Bills not yet signed or vetoed, by Passage score.
- A11158Assembly
Build LaGuardia Airport Train
This bill authorizes property acquisition for constructing a mass transit rail link to LaGuardia Airport, outlining routes, procedures, and conditions.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A8013Assembly
Aid for Flood Recovery
This bill establishes grant programs, property tax relief, and tax exemptions to aid New Yorkers affected by Lake Ontario and connected waterway flooding in 2017.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S1411Senate
Cancer Benefits for Volunteer Firefighters
This bill requires fire departments to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits and insurance for eligible volunteer firefighters, including lump sum and monthly payments.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6326Senate
Allow Clean Air Taxis
This bill requires New York City to allow all hybrid and electric vehicles that meet for-hire requirements to be used as taxicabs.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6513Senate
Boost Minority, Women Businesses
This bill allows New York City agencies to make small procurements from certified minority and women-owned businesses without formal competition and to favor such businesses in contracts.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A10971Assembly
Set Rules for Bond Allocations
This bill establishes the Private Activity Bond Allocation Act of 2018, setting rules for distributing New York's federal private activity bond volume cap among state and local agencies.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - A2115Assembly
Require Police CPR Training
This bill, "Briana's Law," requires New York police officers to complete CPR training and retraining every two years, with regular reporting to the legislature.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - S1124Senate
Raise Gold Star Parent Benefits
This bill increases annual compensation for gold star parents and ties future increases to federal veterans' benefit adjustments.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law
Recently signed or vetoed
- S6942Senate
Retroactive Tax Exemption for Stride
This bill allows Stride, Inc. to apply retroactively for a 2016-2017 property tax exemption in Sand Lake, New York.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - A5931Assembly
Coordinate Disabled Veteran Services
This bill creates a New York State interagency coordinating council to improve and coordinate services for service-disabled veterans.
Impact 7 · Significant·Vetoed
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeVetoed - S7777Senate
Create Southampton Development Agency
This bill establishes the Town of Southampton Community Development Agency to oversee community development within the town’s limits.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Vetoed
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeVetoed - S8345Senate
Allow Orangetown to Change Parkland
This bill makes technical corrections to the legal description and requirements for land dedicated as parkland by the town of Orangetown, Rockland County.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - A10447Assembly
Middletown Plumber License Exemption
This bill exempts the city of Middletown from state regulations on the licensing of plumbers.
Impact 3 · Low·Vetoed
Impact3/10LowOutcomeVetoed - S7853Senate
Expand Water Project Definition
The bill expands the definition of "water quality improvement project" to include constructing public water mains for residents with contaminated drinking water.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - S8254Senate
Offer Septic System Loans
This bill allows towns in the Peconic Bay region to create loan programs to help property owners replace or upgrade septic systems for water quality improvement.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact5/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - S8385Senate
Swap Parkland for Highway Use
This bill allows the Town of Brookhaven to swap designated parkland for other land to build a highway department shed.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law