New York State Representative

Joseph DeStefano Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02336

Introduced
1/16/25  
Requires certain meetings between the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly relating to the state budget to be open to the general public; to provide an opportunity for the public to attend, listen to, and observe such meetings; and to broadcast and maintain records of such meetings on each party's website.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02337

Introduced
1/16/25  
Provides a tax credit in the amount of certain fees charged in connection with loans under the federal home loan guarantee program to national guard and reserve veterans.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02338

Introduced
1/16/25  
Creates a veteran's home and land ownership loan program to provide loans to veterans to purchase homes or unimproved land suitable for building; requires such loans to be secured by a second mortgage.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02340

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02343

Introduced
1/16/25  
Exempts veterans eighty-five years of age and older from the obligation to pay New York state income tax.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02344

Introduced
1/16/25  
Provides for the exemption of disabled veterans of the armed forces of the United States from New York State Thruway tolls.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02345

Introduced
1/16/25  
Creates a $1,500 wage tax credit for employers who employ New York national guard members, reservists, volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02349

Introduced
1/16/25  
Imposes a nursing home purchase moratorium on those who own or have owned failing facilities for twenty-four months since their last violation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02350

Introduced
1/16/25  
Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities; provides that enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities will be apportioned to eligible municipalities by the director of the budget on a per-capita basis, based on population.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02355

Introduced
1/16/25  
Establishes the parole board accountability act which requires incarcerated individuals who are released on parole, via a vote that is not unanimous, be placed in the community where one of the two board members primarily reside; establishes the procedure of which of the two board member's community the releasee shall be released to.