New York State Representative

Harvey Epstein 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00216

Introduced
1/8/25  
Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment installation grant program, providing a one-time grant to private well users for the installation of PFAS treatment or service connection to a public water system; directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment maintenance rebate program, providing a rebate to private well users for the maintenance of PFAS treatment equipment.
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New York Assembly Bill A00228

Introduced
1/8/25  
Designates March twenty-first as a day of commemoration to be known as "Down Syndrome Awareness Day".
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New York Assembly Bill A00250

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.
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New York Assembly Bill A00252

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires the use of a fire-resistant blanket, bag or container when charging a bicycle with electric assist or an electric scooter; requires sellers of such vehicles to include a fire-resistant blanket, bag, or container with the sale of each e-bike or e-scooter; establishes fines.
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New York Assembly Bill A00270

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings; provides for the administration thereof.
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New York Assembly Bill A00281

Introduced
1/8/25  
Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles and electric scooters; defines terms; provides a fifty percent rebate for eligible purchases.
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New York Assembly Bill A00282

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
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New York Assembly Bill A00293

Introduced
1/8/25  
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.
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New York Assembly Bill A00324

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Requires the consideration of complete street design for certain transportation projects which receive federal or state funding; authorizes the department to compile and make publicly available guidance and reference material related to consideration of complete street design.
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New York Assembly Bill A00325

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00340

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
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 warranty of habitability obligations must be shown to be necessary.
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New York Assembly Bill A00342

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the end toxic home flipping act; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain residential properties which are sold within two years of the prior conveyance of such property; exempts certain purchases of residential properties from mortgage recording taxes; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain properties in the city of New York which are sold for one million dollars or more.
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New York Assembly Bill A00356

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits the division of criminal justice services from disclosing pending orders of adjournment in contemplation of dismissal on civil records of arrests and prosecutions.
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New York Assembly Bill A00387

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Engrossed
5/14/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Requires general hospitals to provide language assistance services; requires general hospitals to develop a language assistance program to ensure meaningful access to the general hospital's services and reasonable accommodation for all patients who require language assistance.
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New York Assembly Bill A00392

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires employers of retail, food service or cleaning employees to give such employees 7 days' notice of their work schedule and a month's notice of the minimum hours of work; provides a private right of action to employees who are aggrieved by certain violations of such provisions.