New York State Senator

James Skoufis Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04559

Introduced
2/7/25  
Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04589

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Provides for the calculation and analysis of certain health center costs.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04591

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts except to the extent that damages were caused by or are the proximate result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04602

Introduced
2/10/25  
Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections; directs that the BOE extend voting to account for the disruption.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04575

Introduced
2/7/25  
Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to the powers of the chairman and members of the state liquor authority (Part A); authorizes special permits to remain open during certain hours of the morning (Part B); permits certain retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from certain other retail licensees (Part C); relates to permissible sales by license holders (Part D); allows multiple off-premises licenses (Part E); relates to licensing restrictions for manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages and retail licensees (Part F); relates to the approval of seven day licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption off the premises (Part G); adjusts licensing fees regarding certain alcoholic beverages (Part H); relates to changes of ownership of a licensed business (Part I); relates to the issuance of temporary retail permits; makes permanent certain provisions relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits (Part J); establishes a temporary wholesale permit and allows multiple wholesale licenses owned by the same person or entity to be located at the same premises (Part K); relates to licenses issued for on-premises consumption within a certain distance of a building occupied as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship with consent of such building's owner or administrator (Part L); permits licenses for premises located within five hundred feet of other premises outside of certain counties (Part M).
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04576

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Establishes a procedure for appointing a president or chairperson upon a vacancy of such position.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04582

Introduced
2/7/25  
Prohibits elected officials from collecting retirement while still in office when the retirement is earned from an elective public office.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04660

Introduced
2/10/25  
Repeals provisions relating to the empire state jobs retention program credit.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04661

Introduced
2/10/25  
Requires third-party verification of an application to receive the Empire State film production credit and the Empire State film post production credit by approved certified public accountants.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04662

Introduced
2/11/25  
Requires the department of economic development issue a quarterly report on film production and post-production tax credits by project and by county in the aggregate and publish such reports on such department's website.