New York State Senator

Siela Bynoe 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00399

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol; directs the superintendent of the state police to publish a list of pistols that the superintendent has determined to be convertible pistols.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00172

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Engrossed
6/4/26  
Increases short-term disability benefits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00072

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/27/25  
Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00121

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons over sixty-five years of age; increases such amount to $75,000.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00100

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 28, 2025, as Rare Disease Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00028

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2025, as Workplace Violence Prevention Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00106

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 12-18, 2025, as Period Poverty Awareness Week in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00033

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Congratulating the Schuylerville High School Varsity Football Team and Head Coach John Bowen upon the occasion of capturing the 2024 NYSPHSAA Class C Football Championship on December 7, 2024
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01966

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/15/26  
Requires social services districts to, every heating season, automatically re-enroll persons or households currently receiving assistance through the low-income home energy assistance program, so long as each person or household maintains eligibility.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01059

Introduced
5/16/25  
Refer
5/16/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Commemorating the Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center's Lunch by the Bay honoring Paul Romeo as 2025 Father of the Year on June 29, 2025

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08045

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/28/26  
Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence provide informational materials on removing an abuser's access to a smart home and the use of other technology for harassment.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08046

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/4/26  
Engrossed
4/1/26  
Requires an annual inspection and audit process which shall review five percent of individual apartment improvement notifications for rent stabilized apartments outside of the city of New York; requires additional audits where violations are found.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08043

Introduced
5/15/25  
Directs the commissioner of mental health to conduct a study of child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams in New York state, and deliver a report including the findings and recommendations of such study to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08044

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/29/26  
Refer
5/29/26  
Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08101

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Creates designated parking spaces at state buildings and facilities for recipients of the purple heart award.