New York State Representative

Harvey Epstein Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00027

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires municipalities to include an Affordable Housing Needs Assessment to establish a data-based foundation for the creation and preservation of affordable housing in the municipality, utilizing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development median income calculations, in their comprehensive plans.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00032

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Requires all municipalities that collect demographic information about a person's gender or sex to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00033

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Establishes the task force to promote the employment by state agencies of people with disabilities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00035

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires the cannabis control board to provide notice to state legislative representatives upon receipt of application for an adult-use cannabis retail dispensary or on-site consumption license in their district.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00036

Introduced
1/8/25  
Prohibits any cannabis related advertisements in establishments within a certain distance from schools; increases penalties for prohibited advertisement of tobacco and cannabis products; requires enforcement inspections.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00038

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Directs the New York State Department of Labor to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers entitled the Neurodiversity Training Pledge.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00049

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create a comprehensive plan adapted to the special requirements of the municipality and to determine whether it is in the public interest to update such comprehensive plan at least once every ten years to ensure that such plan addresses housing needs.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00050

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the New York city arts space act which provides tax benefits for eligible arts spaces.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00053

Introduced
1/8/25  
Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00054

Introduced
1/8/25  
Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings.