New York State Representative

Joseph DeStefano Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08179

Introduced
5/5/25  
Recalibrates the final average salary retirement calculations in the New York state teachers' retirement system for Joanne Halverson by including certain earnings from the 2020-2021 year.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08193

Introduced
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Calvary Full Gospel Assembly of God Church for the property located at 777 Sipp Avenue in East Patchogue.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08334

Introduced
5/13/25  
Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Ministerios Sion, Inc. for all of the 2024 general taxes and all of the 2024 school taxes.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08645

Introduced
5/22/25  
Provides accidental disability retirement benefits for deputy sheriff Richard Stueber, a participant in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, and cleanup operations.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill C00241

Introduced
3/19/25  
Terminates the provisions of Executive Order number 47.3

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08205

Introduced
5/5/25  
Establishes grocery store wine licenses permitting the licensee to sell from the licensed premises wine produced in New York state or produced from ingredients grown or produced in New York state, in sealed containers for consumption off such premises.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08222

Introduced
5/5/25  
Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08309

Introduced
5/13/25  
Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Triborough bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08393

Introduced
5/13/25  
Provides for disability benefits for pregnancy loss.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08592

Introduced
5/21/25  
Establishes the offenses of reckless endangerment of an emergency service person in the first and second degrees.