New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 35)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04069

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requires any municipality which conducts lead testing to provide notices to the owner and any tenants of a residence upon a positive test and inform the owner and any tenants of lead abatement programs and other resources; requires municipalities to notify tenants of lead testing.
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New York Senate Bill S04070

Introduced
1/31/25  
Enacts the "trapped at work act"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes.
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New York Senate Bill S04071

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.
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New York Senate Bill S04125

Introduced
2/3/25  
Modifies the definition of disorderly conduct for family offense proceedings to not require an intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, but merely an intent to cause annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof.
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New York Senate Bill S04383

Introduced
2/4/25  
Provides a tax credit for qualified caregiving expenses.
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New York Senate Bill S04384

Introduced
2/4/25  
Relates to providing vehicular access to state parks and recreational facilities free of charge to military personnel who are residents of this state.
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New York Senate Bill S04385

Introduced
2/4/25  
Relates to the calculation of voting power for committee members in districts that have changed or new districts since the last preceding gubernatorial election.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S04102

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system; directs each provider of housing services in the office of mental health system to provide, on a monthly basis, the office of mental health with a list of each person referred to, admitted to, applying for, withdrawing an application for and denied admission to housing provided by such provider; requires the community-based agency performing assessments of persons with a documented mental illness to provide the office with the names of such who have been assessed and who meet the eligibility criteria for the array of funded and/or licensed housing programs; requires such office to publish such waiting lists on a monthly basis.
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New York Senate Bill S04136

Introduced
2/3/25  
Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.
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New York Senate Bill S04153

Introduced
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions.
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New York Senate Bill S04158

Introduced
2/3/25  
Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.
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New York Senate Bill S04263

Introduced
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Relates to the availability of technical assistance grants in brownfield site remedial programs; provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall provide grants to the New York city community board with jurisdiction over the site or to any not-for-profit corporation exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code at any site which may be affected by a brownfield site remedial program.
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New York Senate Bill S04265

Introduced
2/3/25  
Requires the disclosure of lead-based paint test reports in real estate transactions.
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New York Senate Bill S04267

Introduced
2/3/25  
Establishes the historic preservation tax credit transfer program to provide flexibility and incentives for businesses which rehabilitate historic properties to further promote the development of affordable housing.
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New York Senate Bill S04293

Introduced
2/3/25  
Provides for notice of illegal restrictive covenant language in documents to be recorded and the recordation of restrictive covenant modification documents where conveyance instruments include language violative of civil rights laws; requires any title insurance company, title abstract company or escrow company to include such notice in title abstract reports and to inform purchaser/title insurance applicants of the availability from the county recorder of restrictive covenant modification documents.