New York State Senator

April Baskin Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07730

Introduced
5/2/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Requires state contracts with construction firms reserve a percent of such contract to soft cost spending towards small businesses located near the construction site; defines what qualifies as soft cost spending.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07769

Introduced
5/6/25  
Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2027.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07817

Introduced
5/9/25  
Refer
5/9/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Authorizes Janice Middlebrooks, the widow of William James Middlebrooks, to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07818

Introduced
5/9/25  
Permits the commissioner of health to designate local health officials to request copies of certain reports and records relating to a death.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07844

Introduced
5/9/25  
Refer
5/9/25  
Authorizes the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan to file an application with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on behalf of such deceased member and deem such application as timely filed.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08054

Introduced
5/15/25  
Expands the use of body scanners to facilities operated by the office of mental health, the office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of children and family services; establishes alternative methods of screening.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08171

Introduced
5/16/25  
Establishes the contract New York program to provide tax credits to corporations contracting with emerging microbusinesses; directs the department of economic development and the empire state development corporation to create and maintain a registry of emerging microbusinesses and to biannually implement best practices for engaging corporations to utilize such registry; establishes the contract New York tax credit for New York corporations with eligible contracts with emerging microbusinesses.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07865

Introduced
5/12/25  
Prohibits participation in torture of incarcerated individuals by health professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08106

Introduced
5/15/25  
Establishes an independent office of chief medical examiner in the department of corrections and community supervision.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08221

Introduced
5/23/25  
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part C); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).