New York Senator Robert Jackson [D]

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NYS00115Intro
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Increases access to resources for culturally diverse arts and culture organizations that advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion, racial and social justice, and cultural preservation.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS00051Intro
25%
Relates to risk retention groups and commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, or accessible vehicles; defines terms; makes related provisions.
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2025-02-05
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NYS00027Intro
25%
Expands tuition assistance program awards for students experiencing homelessness.
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2025-02-05
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NYS00114Intro
25%
Prohibits state chartered banking institutions from investing in and providing financing for private prisons.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS00078Intro
25%
Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.
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2025-02-05
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NYS00028Intro
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Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or or...
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2025-02-05
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS00161Intro
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Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
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2025-02-05
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NYS00317Intro
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Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS00378Intro
25%
Directs the education department and OCFS to prepare posters and pamphlets with information regarding higher education funding opportunities for foster youth.
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2025-02-05
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NYS00496Intro
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Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of...
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS00553Intro
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Relates to observance of all religious holidays by institutions within the state university and the city university of New York; includes the Asian Lunar New Year within the definition of such holidays.
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2025-02-05
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NYS00661Intro
25%
Prohibits the imposition of different premium rates for disability insurance based on gender.
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2025-02-05
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NYS01377Intro
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Creates a legislative task force on outdoor environmental education and recreation that will benefit residents of New York state by fostering stewardship and conservation of the environment, and an appreciation of the importance of the wise use of na...
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS01673Intro
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Directs the development of materials to be provided to new employees relating to student loan repayment information.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS01892Intro
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Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include accompanying staff of legislative members and members of the department of corrections and community supervision requested by a legislative member.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS00821Engross
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Relates to assessment relief for victims of a local or major disaster in an eligible municipality.
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2025-02-05
returned to senate
NYS03198Intro
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Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.
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2025-02-05
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NYS03161Intro
25%
Moves the Amistad Commission from the department of state to the state education department.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS03208Intro
25%
Repeals provisions relating to the establishment of maximum base rents using the maximum gross building rental formula.
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2025-02-05
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NYS03406Intro
25%
Expands remedies for violations of New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.
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2025-02-05
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NYS01634Intro
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Requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS03779Intro
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Increases the maximum time limits for tuition assistance program awards; increases the maximum number of academic years of study to six.
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2025-02-05
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NYS02289Intro
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Expands the veterans' preference to include veterans who did not serve during a time of war for Mitchell-Lama housing.
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2025-02-05
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NYS01991Intro
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Relates to including information concerning repayment of outstanding loans in the standard financial aid award letter.
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2025-02-05
2ND REPORT CAL.
NYS04449Intro
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Relates to making a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more eligible for transitional aid for charter school payments.
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2025-02-05
To Senate New York City Education Committee
NYS04478Intro
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Requires the department of labor to provide a document on workplace rights to any minor seeking working papers and to make such document available in other languages and to school officials who issue working papers.
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2025-02-05
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS04482Intro
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Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.
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2025-02-05
To Senate Elections Committee
NYJ00312PassMemorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025, as Black History Month in the State of New York
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2025-02-05
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NYS04471Intro
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Adds cargo bicycles with electric assist to the types of bicycles with electric assist regulated under the vehicle and traffic law; provides that no person shall operate a cargo bicycle with electric assist unless it is accompanied by proof of financ...
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2025-02-05
To Senate Transportation Committee
NYS00204Intro
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Appoints a fiscal monitor for five years; defines terms; provides for such appointment; provides for the duties of such fiscal monitor.
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2025-02-04
To Senate Transportation Committee
NYS00228Engross
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Requires manufactured home park owners to provide a written justification for rent increases in excess of three percent of the current rent; provides that increases in costs to justify such rent increase for ordinary maintenance or repair to meet the...
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2025-02-04
To Assembly Housing Committee
NYS00363Intro
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Establishes the "New York junk fee prevention act"; requires clear and conspicuous pricing practices regarding trash junk fees.
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2025-02-04
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NYS00381Intro
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Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers written materials regarding mental health services and resources available to employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidance for employers to put in place st...
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2025-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee
NYS00395Intro
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Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who per...
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2025-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee
NYS00519Intro
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Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain underrepresented certified teachers in schools which have an underrepresentation of underrepresented certified teachers; provides fo...
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2025-02-04
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NYS00863Intro
25%
Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English.
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2025-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee
NYS00856Intro
25%
Increases the number of members on the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members.
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2025-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee
NYS00949Intro
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Provides for service of notice of violations of any provision of title sixteen of the administrative code of the city of New York by the department of sanitation on a respondent that is a closed commercial establishment.
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2025-02-04
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NYS01157Engross
50%
Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home.
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2025-02-04
To Assembly Housing Committee
NYS00903Intro
25%
Relates to informal caregiver training; defines "person in need of assistance"; expands who may serve as an "informal caregiver".
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2025-02-04
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NYS01578Intro
25%
Establishes the "Syd O. Sotillo Sickle Cell Treatment Act" which designates sickle cell centers for excellence and outpatient treatment centers.
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2025-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee
NYS01913Intro
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Relates to establishing the "340B prescription drug anti-discrimination act"; prohibits pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against covered entities and New York state pharmacies based on participation in th...
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2025-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee
NYS02126Intro
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Directs the commissioner to convene statewide and regional conventions to bring together underrepresented educators annually to discuss experiences, best practices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and support.
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2025-02-04
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NYS02225Intro
25%
Relates to modular construction work; provides that modular construction shall comply with any existing municipal licensing requirements for all electrical, plumbing, and fire suppression work.
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2025-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee
NYS02324Intro
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Relates to the sale or transfer of certain real property by the state or public authorities; requires mandatory review by the attorney general and comptroller of the sale of certain real property; requires notice to members of the legislature and cou...
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2025-02-04
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NYS02505Intro
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Establishes a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on the presence of educator diversity in the state, state actions taken to promote educator diversity, and how the state can encourage new initiatives to enhance and promote educator diversity...
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2025-02-04
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NYS02627Engross
50%
Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating t...
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2025-02-04
To Assembly Housing Committee
NYS02657Intro
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Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain bilingual, certified teachers in schools with a bilingual teacher shortage; provides for grants and procedures for applying for such grants...
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2025-02-04
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NYS02534Engross
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Provides retroactivity to the original date of eligibility for the senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE).
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2025-02-04
To Assembly Aging Committee
NYS01938Intro
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Requires the principal of any high school to allow any local trade union, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of trade union recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering quest...
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2025-02-04
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