2021-2022 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
- S6194Senate
Create Mental Health Hotline
This bill establishes a statewide 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system with reporting and oversight requirements.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6350Senate
Raise Building Worker Wages
This bill requires certain co-op and condo properties receiving tax abatements to pay building service employees the prevailing wage.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S866Senate
Establish State Veterans Cemetery
This bill revises the process for selecting and establishing New York's first state veterans cemetery, creating a selection committee and specifying requirements for site proposals and funding…
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S9399Senate
Property Tax Rebates for Homeowners
This bill creates a one-time property tax rebate of up to $150 for eligible New York City homeowners with incomes under $250,000 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A10443Assembly
Allow Parkland for Train Expansion
This bill allows New York City to convert certain Bronx parklands for railroad easements to expand Metro-North service, with requirements for parkland replacement or improvements.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0% - A10520Assembly
Transfer State Land for Housing
This bill allows the transfer of part of the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn to a housing development fund corporation for affordable and supportive housing, possibly below fair market…
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0% - S701Senate
Create Women Veterans Committee
This bill creates a Women Veterans Advisory Committee to support, advocate for, and report on the needs of women veterans in New York.
Impact 7 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage0% - A10155Assembly
Property Tax Break for Volunteers
This bill allows all New York local governments to grant property tax exemptions to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - A1140Assembly
Create Women Veterans Committee
This bill creates a Women Veterans Advisory Committee to support, advocate for, and report on the unique needs of women veterans in New York.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - A1324Assembly
Boost Disability Pay for Volunteers
This bill increases temporary total disability benefits for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to $650 per week for injuries after July 1, 2021.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law
Most likely to pass
Bills not yet signed or vetoed, by Passage score.
- S6194Senate
Create Mental Health Hotline
This bill establishes a statewide 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system with reporting and oversight requirements.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S6350Senate
Raise Building Worker Wages
This bill requires certain co-op and condo properties receiving tax abatements to pay building service employees the prevailing wage.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S866Senate
Establish State Veterans Cemetery
This bill revises the process for selecting and establishing New York's first state veterans cemetery, creating a selection committee and specifying requirements for site proposals and funding…
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S9399Senate
Property Tax Rebates for Homeowners
This bill creates a one-time property tax rebate of up to $150 for eligible New York City homeowners with incomes under $250,000 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A10155Assembly
Property Tax Break for Volunteers
This bill allows all New York local governments to grant property tax exemptions to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - A1140Assembly
Create Women Veterans Committee
This bill creates a Women Veterans Advisory Committee to support, advocate for, and report on the unique needs of women veterans in New York.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - A1324Assembly
Boost Disability Pay for Volunteers
This bill increases temporary total disability benefits for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to $650 per week for injuries after July 1, 2021.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - A2633Assembly
Fund Affordable Housing Locally
This bill allows towns in the Peconic Bay region to create community housing funds, financed by a supplemental real estate transfer tax, to address affordable housing shortages.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law
Recently signed or vetoed
- A355Assembly
Notify Officials on Local Projects
This bill requires New York City agencies to notify state legislators, in addition to local officials, about major construction, street closures, and related projects in their districts.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - S953Senate
Notify Tax Change Intentions
This bill requires businesses making payments in lieu of taxes to provide written notice 45 days before seeking a property assessment change.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - S7445Senate
Ban Post-Government Job Hopping
This bill prohibits members, officers, employees, or contractors of industrial development authorities from working for businesses they assist for two years after leaving and imposes penalties for…
Impact 4 · Low·Vetoed
Impact4/10LowOutcomeVetoed - A10002Assembly
Allow Freeport to Sell Parkland
This bill authorizes the village of Freeport to discontinue and sell certain parklands if equal value is invested in new or improved park facilities.
Impact 3 · Low·Vetoed
Impact3/10LowOutcomeVetoed - S9425Senate
Transfer Land to Prison Museum
This bill authorizes the transfer of state land in Ossining to the Sing Sing Prison Museum for museum use, with conditions.
Impact 3 · Low·Vetoed
Impact3/10LowOutcomeVetoed - A9276Assembly
Require .gov County Websites
This bill requires all New York counties with official websites to use a ".gov" domain name for their sites.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - S7906Senate
Retroactive Tax Exemption Approved
This bill allows Chabad of Oceanside, Inc. to apply retroactively for real property tax exemption for specific past tax years.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - S8750Senate
Allow Parkland Cable Construction
This bill authorizes Suffolk County to allow Sunrise Wind, LLC to install underground electrical cables through certain parklands, with requirements for restoration and compensation.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law