2025-2026 session: change session
Economy bills
Bills on labor law, wages, workplace safety, economic development programs, small business, agriculture, public authorities and gaming. They move through the Labor, Commerce and Economic Development, Agriculture and Racing committees.
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
- A10507Assembly
Raise Minimum Wage to $30
This bill raises New York’s minimum wage to $30 by 2030 for large employers and by 2035 for small employers, links future increases to inflation, extends coverage to miscellaneous industry and…
Impact 10 · Transformational·15% to pass
Impact10/10TransformationalPassage15% - A5044Assembly
Free Internet for All Homes
This bill requires internet providers in New York municipalities to offer basic internet service at no cost to all residential dwellings.
Impact 10 · Transformational·12% to pass
Impact10/10TransformationalPassage12% Create Social Housing Authority
This bill creates the New York State Social Housing Development Authority to build, acquire, and maintain permanently affordable, democratically controlled housing statewide.
Impact 9 · Transformational·34% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage34%Create Hudson Valley Power Authority
This bill establishes the Hudson Valley Power Authority as a public benefit corporation to acquire and operate Central Hudson Gas and Electric, create a public energy observatory, and promote…
Impact 9 · Transformational·27% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage27%Allow Antitrust Class Actions
This bill updates New York’s antitrust laws to strengthen enforcement against monopolies, monopsonies, and dominant firms, authorizes class actions, and increases penalties.
Impact 9 · Transformational·26% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage26%Create City Transit Authorities
This bill restructures control of the New York City subway system, creating the Big Apple Transit Authority and Commuter Transportation Authority, shifting municipal oversight and amending/repealing…
Impact 9 · Transformational·26% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage26%Create Hudson Valley Power Authority
This bill establishes the Hudson Valley Power Authority, a publicly owned utility to deliver energy in the Hudson Valley, with an associated oversight observatory.
Impact 9 · Transformational·26% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage26%Limit Utility Profit Rates
This bill limits how much profit utilities can earn and lets investors set fairer rates.
Impact 9 · Transformational·21% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage21%- A7509Assembly
Expand Broadband and Cable Access
This bill creates a New York State Broadband Development Authority, reforms cable franchising, strengthens broadband access requirements, and expands consumer protections for telecommunications…
Impact 9 · Transformational·21% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage21% Create Downstate Power Authority
This bill establishes the Downstate New York Power Authority, a public entity empowered to acquire, operate, and regulate electric utilities in downstate New York.
Impact 9 · Transformational·21% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage21%
Most likely to pass
Bills not yet signed or vetoed, by Passage score.
Delay Gas Hookup Law
This bill delays the effective date of new gas service regulations for one year and authorizes necessary rule changes in advance.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawClarify School Jobless Benefits
This bill amends unemployment benefit rules for educational employees, clarifying definitions and requirements for contracts and "reasonable assurance" of continued employment.
Impact 7 · Significant·55% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage55%Clarify Wage Damages Purpose
This bill clarifies that liquidated and statutory damages for labor law violations in New York are compensatory, not penalties, and ensures workers can recover these damages in both state and…
Impact 7 · Significant·51% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage51%Strengthen Worker Protections
This bill requires New York labor laws to be interpreted liberally in favor of workers to achieve their remedial purposes.
Impact 8 · Significant·50% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage50%Require Gas Stove Warning Labels
This bill requires warning labels on new gas stoves in New York to inform consumers about potential health risks from emissions.
Impact 6 · Moderate·50% to pass
Impact6/10ModeratePassage50%Family Leave After Pregnancy Loss
This bill amends the workers' compensation law to allow family leave for employees recovering from a pregnancy loss after twenty weeks of gestation.
Impact 6 · Moderate·50% to pass
Impact6/10ModeratePassage50%Open Not-For-Profit Meetings
This bill expands open meetings and freedom of information requirements to certain not-for-profit corporations affiliated with government entities, increases oversight, and changes rules for local…
Impact 8 · Significant·48% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage48%Reform Port Authority Governance
This bill reforms the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's governance, transparency, procurement, and capital planning procedures, emphasizing public participation, diversity, and legislative…
Impact 8 · Significant·48% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage48%
Recently signed or vetoed
Limit Alcohol Licenses at Sites
The bill amends the alcoholic beverage control law to exempt three specific parcels in Ontario County from certain alcohol licensing restrictions.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
Impact2/10MinimalOutcomeSigned into lawExtend Public Hearings Rule
This bill extends the law about public hearings on proposed rules for one more year, until 2028.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawRaise Cider License Fee
This bill raises the annual fee for wholesale beer licensees to sell cider from $125 to $375.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawExtend Unemployment Fee Rules
This bill extends the effectiveness of certain unemployment insurance fee and expense provisions from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2028.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawAllow More Out-of-Town Firefighters
This bill allows the East Herkimer Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 to have more than 45% non-resident members.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawLift Cap on Nonresident Firefighters
This bill allows the Liverpool Fire Department to have more than 45% non-resident members.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawAllow Non-Resident Fire Volunteers
This bill allows the East Concord Fire Department to have more than 45% non-resident members.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawAlcohol License Exemption for Manhattan
This bill creates specific exceptions to alcoholic beverage retail licensing restrictions for certain parcels in Manhattan, with detailed conditions and expiration upon sale or lease termination.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law