New York State Senator

Gustavo Rivera Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00410

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Provides that the court shall not reduce jury awards as excessive in employment discrimination actions unless the court finds exceptional circumstances which compel the conclusion that the jury was influenced by partiality, prejudice, mistake or corruption.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00413

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  
Makes the release of any claim by an employee, or independent contractor who is a natural person, against an employer, unenforceable if, as a condition of such resolution, the employee or independent contractor is prohibited from applying for, accepting, or engaging in future employment with such employer, or any entity or entities related to such employer.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00415

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00418

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the class A misdemeanor of unlawful procurement of a firearm, for the purchase or acquisition of more than 1 firearm during any period of 30 days.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00430

Introduced
1/8/25  
Moves from the Office of Court Administration (OCA) to the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) responsibility for certifying, establishing and implementing standards for pretrial services agencies of the state.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00439

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts "the prison minimum wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by incarcerated individuals.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00442

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00448

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00427

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires chain restaurants to display an added sugars warning next to or directly under the name of each food item with high added sugars content wherever such food item is listed on a menu, menu board, or food tag, and by any self-serve dispensing point at which such food item is dispensed.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00428

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires chain restaurants to place an icon on menus next to food items that have a high content of sodium.