New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01568

Introduced
1/10/25  
Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01576

Introduced
1/10/25  
Provides that in any jurisdiction in which a party is eligible under local law for free legal counsel, if such party has in good faith attempted to secure such counsel and is unable to obtain counsel through no fault of their own, the court shall adjourn the trial of the issue for consecutive periods of not less than fourteen days each until the party is able to secure counsel.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01580

Introduced
1/10/25  
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01588

Introduced
1/10/25  
Prohibits the city school district from reimbursing charter schools for leasing a privately owned or other publicly owned facility; prohibits charter school employee contracts from including a non-disclosure agreement.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01597

Introduced
1/10/25  
Establishes the baby bucks allowance to provide income to eligible participants for the last three months of pregnancy and the first 18 months of the child's life; excludes income received from the baby bucks allowance for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01602

Introduced
1/10/25  
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01647

Introduced
1/10/25  
Relates to dispensing certain controlled substances for use by a person with a substance use disorder during certain emergency medical treatment, or to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01656

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants; seals any records pertaining to dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian who were residing on or removed from such property.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01670

Introduced
1/10/25  
Prohibits the use of restraints on incarcerated individuals during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant persons during a custodial interrogation.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01603

Introduced
1/10/25  
Relates to succession rights for rent stabilized housing; reduces the succession residency requirement from two years to one.