New York State Representative

Joseph DeStefano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 16)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A02234

Introduced
1/15/25  
Establishes the city of New York education fund from an additional real property tax to support education programs.
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New York Assembly Bill A02247

Introduced
1/15/25  
Relates to providing notice of quorum requirements to applicants for building or site permits, variances, or subdivision plats at zoning board of appeals, local planning board, county planning board, and regional planning council meetings.
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New York Assembly Bill A02257

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Allows the legislature to authorize pool-selling without profit.
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New York Assembly Bill A02260

Introduced
1/16/25  
Allows bars and restaurants to organize and manage sports squares pools, provided that they do not take any profit from such pools.
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New York Assembly Bill A02262

Introduced
1/16/25  
Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".
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New York Assembly Bill A02265

Introduced
1/16/25  
Relates to the establishment of a waiver for child care learning pods; provides that unlicensed and unregulated child care learning pods may operate if there are otherwise no violations of laws or codes, rules, and regulations of New York and such child care learning pod is compliant with the local laws, codes, rules, and regulations of such local municipality in which they are located and operated; provides for civil penalty for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A02268

Introduced
1/16/25  
Provides for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states?".
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New York Assembly Bill A02269

Introduced
1/16/25  
Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; eliminates the requirement that an incarcerated individual causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.
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New York Assembly Bill A02281

Introduced
1/16/25  
Relates to exempting cranes from the petroleum business tax.
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New York Assembly Bill A02284

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Provides for recall; empowers the electors with the ability to remove elective officers.
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New York Assembly Bill A02290

Introduced
1/16/25  
Protects the identity of witnesses of hate crimes in discovery proceedings by requiring identifying information to be redacted, unless the court rules otherwise for good cause shown.
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New York Assembly Bill A02291

Introduced
1/16/25  
Requires public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before raising rates or fees, or imposing new rates or fees.
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New York Assembly Bill A02295

Introduced
1/16/25  
Extends eligibility for the agricultural property tax credit to farmers having a leasehold interest of not fewer than five continuous years in qualified agricultural property.
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New York Assembly Bill A02298

Introduced
1/16/25  
Provides a personal income tax credit in the amount of any fishing and/or hunting fees paid by members of the United States armed forces in active service.
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New York Assembly Bill A02303

Introduced
1/16/25  
Exempts owners of farms and the owners of multiple dwellings from complying with the scaffold law in certain instances.