2015-2016 Legislative Bill Memos
Senate Legislative Memos
(Listed numerically by Senate bill number)
- S.29-A(DeFrancisco)/A.8025(Brennan), Oppose, Authorizes a private right of action against insurance companies for unfair claim settlement practices, 5/19/16
Bill Memo - S.60-B (Squadron) / A.6975-C (Kavanagh), Oppose, To Decrease the Amount a Limited Liability Company can Contribute to a Political Campaign, 6/6/16
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Ken Pokalsky - S.205-A (Espaillat) /A.6072 (Englebright), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 5/2/16
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Darren Suarez - S.332 (LaValle) / A.103 (Thiele), Oppose, Zone Pricing, 6/3/16
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Darren Suarez - S.485-B (LaValle) /A.617-B (Rosenthal), Oppose, Mandated Labeling for Genetically Engineered Crops, 6/6/16
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Darren Suarez - S.563 (DeFrancisco) / A.251 (Weinstein), Oppose, Indirect Recovery from Third Party Defendant, 6/6/16
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Ken Pokalsky - S.682 (Avella), Oppose, New York City Cellular Antenna Permit Limitations, 4/21/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.757-A (Kennedy) /A.3688-A (People-Stokes), Oppose, New York Call Centers, 5/23/2016
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Johnny Evers - S.782 (Hannon) / A.8580-A (Gunther), Oppose, Mandates all acute care facilities and nursing homes to meet nursing staffing ratios, 6/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.831 (Libous) / A.3302 (Peoples-Stokes), Oppose, “Buy from Backyard Act”, 5/5/15
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/A.2597 (Brennan), Opposed, PSC study of fiber optic cable television systems, 5/31/16
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Johnny Evers - S.1037 (Avella) / A.4669 (Colton), Oppose, Record of Compliance, 4/21/15
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Darren Suarez - S.1077(Golden) / A.7377(Farrell), Oppose, Telecommunications Real Property Tax Expansion, 5/8/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.1087-A (Parker) / A.5802 (Kavanaugh), Oppose, Citizen Suits 6/8/15
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Darren Suarez - S.1151 (O'Mara) / A.3611 (Morelle), Support, Real Property Tax Cap “Tax Base Growth Factor”, 5/8/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.1157-A (Hannon) / A.336-A (Gottfried), Oppose, Permitting health care providers, including physicians, to collectively bargain with health plans, 6/13/16
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Lev Ginsburg
- S.1319 (Savino) / A.1267 (Lupardo)
Repeal of Annual Wage Notice (Chapter Amendment)
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Contact: Frank Kerbein
Not active 2016, Chapter 2, laws 2015 - S.1475 (Rivera) / A.3269 (Weprin), Oppose, Expansion of the Martin Act, 6/8/16
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Ken Pokalsky
- S.1545-A (Klein) / A.2372 (Dinowitz), Oppose, Prohibits Employer Use of Consumer Credit Reports in Employment Decisions, 5/7/17
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Frank Kerbein - S.1825 (Ritchie) / A.128 (Paulin), Oppose, Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, 3/10/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.1846 (Hannon) / A.3734 (Rosenthal), Oppose, Mandating every insurer to offer, both inside and outside of the exchange, out-of-network coverage in at least one policy option and as an optional rider, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.1853-A (Little) / A.6256-A (Magee), Support, Excluding Temporary Farm Workers From Unemployment Insurance, 5/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.1879-A (LaValle) / A.2013-A (Thiele), Oppose, The use of pentachlorophenol for new or existing utility poles, 6/10/15
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Darren Suarez - S.2006 / A.3006 Part N Minimum Wage Increase, Oppose, 3/4/15
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Contact: Frank Kerbein
Not active 2016, Chapter 56, laws 2015 - S.2029 (Hassell-Thompson) / A.2990 (Aubry), Oppose, Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee, 6/2/15
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Frank Kerbein - S.2155 (Golden) / A.7548 (Silver), Oppose DOL Enforcement of Independent Contractors' Contracts, 5/26/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.2159 (Griffo) / A.2604 (Morelle), Support, Authorizes Mixed Martial Arts, 3/2/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.2232-E (Peralta)/A.5501-C (Rosenthal), Oppose, Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates an employee lien, 5/24/16
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Frank Kerbein
- S.2440 (Parker) / A.5794 (Kavanagh), Oppose, Third Party Notification of utility bills, 5/26/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.2530 (Golden) / A.6194 (Joyner), Oppose, An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs, 5/18/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.2578 (Parker) / A.7876 (Titus), Oppose, Requires access to employee personnel records, 6/23/15
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Frank Kerbein - S.2744 (Hoylman), Oppose, Biodiesel Mandate, 5/26/15
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Contact: Darren Suarez - S.2768 (Savino) / A.5561 (Titus), Oppose, Return to Work Guidelines, 5/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.2931 (Libous)/A.796 (Braunstein), Oppose, Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered and accepted for a public or private construction project, 6/18/15
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Frank Kerbein - S.3004 (Addabbo) / A.3870 (Nolan), Oppose, Mandated Paid Family Leave, 2/4/16
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - S.3095-A (Funke) / A.690 (Hevesi), Support, Creates a state information technology innovation center, 2/28/16
Bill Memo - S.3120 (Griffo) /A.6175 (Abbate), Oppose, Imposes Binding Arbitration Mandate on NYPA, 6/8/16
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Frank Kerbein - S.3287 (Seward/ A.5208 (Simotas), Support, Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.3328 (Ranzenhofer)/A.8164 (Peoples-Stokes), Support, Bond Issuance Charges Exemption – NFTA, 5/17/16
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Frank Kerbein - S.3346-A(Hannon) / A.676-B (Rosenthal), Oppose, Mandating a pharmacy benefit manager contract appeals process, 5/8/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.3360 (Lanza) / A.5562 (Kavanagh), Oppose, An Act to Amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in Relation to Notification of the Release of Hazardous Substances, 5/8/15
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Darren Suarez - S.3415 (Klein) /A.3702 (Moya), Oppose, Regulation of Employment Agencies, 6/11/15
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Frank Kerbein - S.3450 (Funke) / A.2029-A (Hevesi), support, Requiring state agencies to provide certain information to unsuccessful bidders during debriefs, 3/5/15
Bill Memo - S.3513 (Seward) / A.6131(Steck), Support, Commercial Modernization Permanency, 4/21/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.3525-A (Perkins) / A.5062-A (Gottfried), Oppose, Creation of the New York Health Plan, 5/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.3616 (Funke) / A.774 (Rodriguez), Oppose, State Deposits in Credit Unions, 6/7/16
Bill Memo - S.3815 (LaValle) Same as Uni. A.5331 (Thiele), Prohibits a producer or refiner from selling, transferring, or assigning interest in a retail outlet leased to a motor fuel dealer, 5/9/16
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Darren Suarez - S.3822-A (Venditto) / A.6503-A (Cusick), Support, Enforcement Against “Organized Retail Theft”, 4/11/16
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Ken Pokalsky - S.3998-B (Boyle) /A.6068-A (Morelle), Oppose, Mandates Sale of Digital Electronic Equipment Diagnostic and Repair Information, 6/7/16
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Johnny Evers - S.4049-B (Lanza), Oppose, Authorizes a private right of action against insurance companies for unfair claim settlement practices
Bill Memo - S.4106 (Boyle) / A.4530 (Dinowitz) Unilateral pricing policies or agreements for contact lenses, Oppose, 3/4/16
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Ken Pokalsky - S.4108-C (Seward), Support, Transportation Network Companies, 6/1/16
Bill Memo - S.4205, Part GG, Senate Budget Bills, Oppose, Mandated Paid Family Leave, 3/16/15
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - S.4207 Part L, Oppose, Mandates health insurers to pay a facility fee for office-based surgical facilities, 3/13/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.4208 Part SS Budget, Support, Eliminate the Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation
Assessment (18-a), 3/12/15
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Darren Suarez - S.4209 Part EEE Senate Budget Bill, Support, Sales Tax Exemption for School Buses, 3/13/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.4209 Part R Budget, Support, Brownfield Program Extensions, 3/11/15
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Darren Suarez - S.4223 (Seward) /A.1329 (Weinstein), Oppose, Lawsuits for Unfair Insurance Settlement Practices, 6/1/2016
Bill Memo - S.4280-A (Seward) /A.6090-A (Cahill), Support, Relates to transportation network companies, 5/12/16
Bill Memo - S.4349 (Lanza), Oppose, Remove or Relocate utility poles, 5/10/16
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Darren Suarez - S.4417-A (Murphy) / A.2888-A (Abinanti), Oppose, Westchester Healthcare Antitrust Exemption, 6/8/16
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Lev Ginsburg
- S.4444-C (Seward), Support, Creates the "personal motor vehicle sharing act", 5/2/16
Bill Memo - S.4446 (Boyle) / A.5920 (Steck), Support, SLA Enforcement Authority, 4/7/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.4463 (Ranzenhofer) / A.5960 (Brennan), Oppose, PSC Telecommunications Study, March 25, 2015
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky - S.4639 (Krueger) / A.6780 (Simotas), Oppose, Expands “Qualifying Events” to Include Pregnancy, 5/15/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.4540 (Seward) / A.7439 (Cahill), Support, Health insurance premium rate setting transparency, 6/1/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.4672-A (LaValle) / A.5964-A (Ortiz), Support, Ownership of CPA Firms, 2/24/16
Bill Memo - S.4746 (Funke)/A.5303 (Abbate), Oppose, Requiring Binding Arbitration for Upstate Transportation Authorities, 5/17/16
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Frank Kerbein - S.4771-E (Funke) / A.7610-E (Dinowitz), Support, Prohibit Fees on Gift Cards and Gift Certificates, 6/6/16
Bill Memo - S.4775 (Sen. Funke) / A.1243 (Cahill), Support, Sales Tax Exemption for Plug in Hybrids, 5/27/15
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Darren Suarez - S.4781-A(Klein) / A.6932-A (Weinstein), Oppose, "Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act", 5/3/16
Bill Memo - S.4789 (Hannon), Oppose, Mandating insurance providers and doctors sign explicit contracts for plans sold on the state health exchange, 5/8/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.4781-A(Klein) / A.6932-A (Weinstein), Oppose, "Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act", 2/22/16
Bill Memo - S.4846 (Bonacic) / A.6714 (Weinstein), Oppose, Consent to General Jurisdiction, 5/3/16
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Ken Pokalsky - S.4888-B (Panepinto) / A.1223-B (Brennan), Oppose, Telecom Service Provider Mergers, 6/15/15
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Darren Suarez - S.4933 (Ranzenhofer), Support, Food Product Labeling, 6/1/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.5064 (Hannon), Oppose, Requiring health insurers to accept third party payments for coverage, 5/8/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.5126-A (Amedore)
/A.7339-A (Brindisi), Support, Protecting owners from roofing & contracting harm, 6/6/16
Bill Memo - S.5131 (Defrancisco) /A.7808 (Russell), Support, Directs the PSC to study the impact on consumers of the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative, 5/23/16
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Darren Suarez - S.5192 (Seward), support, Clarifies ACA “excepted benefit” status of certain student insurance coverages, 5/18/15
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|Lev Ginsburg - S.5205 (Griffo) / A.6912-A (Fahy), Oppose, Transfer of Streetlight Ownership, 5/28/15
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Darren Suarez - S.5271 (Avella), Oppose, Requires the preparation of disaster preparedness and recovery from disasters., 6/1/15
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Darren Suarez - S.5337 (Griffo) / A.6770 (Nolan), Oppose, Relates to providing parents the right to exempt their children from standardized assessments, 5/19/15
Bill Memo - S.5395 (Boyle) /A.50-A (Simanowitz), Support, SEQRA Timeframes, 5/24/2016
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Darren Suarez - S.5405/A.9005 (Budget) Part H, Oppose, Paid Family Leave, 3/11/16
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Frank Kerbein - S.5458-C (Hannon), Support, Limited Services Clinics, 5/2/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.5504 (O’Mara) / A.5978 (Schimminger), Disclosure of Asbestos Trust Claims, 2/5/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.5512 (LaValle)/ A.7727 (Fahy), Support, Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program, 6/1/15
Bill Memo - S.5619-B (Parker) / A.8123(Brennan), Oppose, PSC Imposition of Service Quality and Minimum Standards, 6/15/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.5751 (Avella) /A.7625 (Fahy), Oppose, Petroleum Storage Surety Requirements, 6/6/16
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Darren Suarez - S.5757-B (Murphy) /A.8119-A, Support, State Parkway Critical Business Access, 6/20/16
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Darren Suarez - State Comptroller #34 (S.5713-B DeFrancisco/S.7513-C Peoples-Stokes), Support, Enacts various provisions relating to procurement procedures, 6/15/15
Bill Memo - S.5768 (Martins), Oppose, Apply Prevailing Wage to 421-A Real Property Tax Exemption Projects, 6/5/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.5783-B (Martins) / A.7885-B (Cahill), Oppose, Relates to payment of bills for pharmaceutical services, 6/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - State Comptroller #34 (S.5713-B DeFrancisco/S.7513-C Peoples-Stokes), Support, Enacts various provisions relating to procurement procedures, 6/15/15
Bill Memo - S.5810 (Hannon) / A.8188(Lavine), Oppose, Office-based surgery facility fee, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.5873 (Krueger)/ A.8011-A (Ortiz), Oppose, Relates to limitations on investments of public pension funds, 4/12/16
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Darren Suarez - S.5930 (Marchione)/A.961 (Pretlow), Support, Capital Award Threshold Increase, 6/16/15
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Ken Pokalsky - S.5979 (Rules) / A.8259-A (Morelle), Support, Interim assessment on members of a defaulted group self-insurer., 6/16/15
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6013-A (Bonacic) / A.8153-B (Cahill), Oppose, New Contraceptive Mandates, 1/21/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6045-D (Savino)
/A.8332-F (Rodriguez), To create state run retirement plans for private sector workers, 6/14/16
Bill Memo - S.6090 (Little) /A.10620 (Morelle), Support, Wireless broadband eligible facility permitting act, 6/9/16
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Johnny Evers
- S.6233-A (Lanza) /A.8628-A (Cusick), Support, License Fees for Petroleum Products Shipped Through New York, 4/11/2016
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Darren Suarez - S.6307-A (O’Mara) /A.8617-A (Morelle), Support, On premise sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday mornings between 8:00 a.m. -12:00 noon, 5/26/16
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Johnny Evers
- S.6315 (DeFrancisco) /A.9868 (Cusick), Support, Defines “substantial completion” for the purposes of requisition payments to contractors, subcontractors and materials suppliers in construction contracts, 5/9/16
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Johnny Evers
- S.6405/A.9005, Part G, Section 8, Oppose, Imposition of Penalties for “Frivolous Appeals”, 2/1/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6405/A.9005, Part G, Support, Classification of Maximum Medical Improvement, 2/2/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6405/A.9005, Part G, Section 11, Support, Aggregate Trust Fund Mandate Repeal, 2/1/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6405/A.9005, Part G, Section 24, Support, Preferred Provider Organization use to 120 days, 2/1/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6406/A.9006, Part D, Support with recommendations,Permanently extends the Procurement Stewardship Act, 2/4/16
Bill Memo - S.6406/A.9006, Part D, Permanent extension of the Procurement Lobbying Law, 2/5/16
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- S.6406/A.9006 Part H, Supports, Ownership of CPA Firms, 1/29/16
Bill Memo - S.6406 / A.9006, Part K, Oppose, Minimum Wage, 2/3/16
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Frank Kerbein - S.6407/A.9007, Part B, Section 5, Oppose, “Critical Drug” Transparency and Price Fixing, 2/1/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6408 /A.9008 TED Article VII Budget Bill – Part C, Oppose,Metropolitan Transit Authority (“MTA”) cost shift to Utilities, 2/3/16
Bill Memo - S.6409-A/A.9009-A, Part R (Executive Budget), Support, Small Business Income Tax Rate Reduction, 3/7/16
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Ken Pokalsky - S.6435 (Rivera)/A.2320-B (Dinowitz), Oppose, Beverage “Health Warnings”, 6/1/16
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Ken Pokalsky - S.6517 (Akshar), Support, Eliminate the Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation Assessment (18-a), 5/23/16
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Darren Suarez
- S.6667(Valesky) /A.9311(Gottfried), Oppose, Health Guaranty Fund Tax, 3/7/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.6724-B (DeFrancisco), Support, Subjects Certain PSC Assessments to Greater Oversight, 5/23/2016
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Darren Suarez - S.6810-A (Robach)/ A.2499-A (Bronson), Oppose, Sets forth conditions before a state agency may enter into a contract for consultant services, 6/15/16
Bill Memo - S.6932 (Amedore), Support, SEQRA Reform, 5/24/16
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Darren Suarez - S.6834-B (Venditto) /A.10475-A (Dinowitz), Oppose, Notification of a security breach, 6/14/16
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Johnny Evers - S.6906 (Ranzenhofer)/ A.10136 (Cusick), Support, Relates to notice provisions in public works contracts, 6/7/16
Bill Memo - S.6982 (Lanza) /A.9668 (Benedetto), Support, Provides for issuance of permits authorizing on-premises consumption licensees to be open between 10:00 AM and noon on Sunday, 5/23/16
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Johnny Evers - S.7219 (Savino)/A.10137 (Simotas), Oppose, IVF mandate, 6/14/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.7268 (Martins) /A.10443 (Titus), Oppose, Personal liability of corporate officers for delinquent unemployment contributions, 6/7/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.7407 (Hannon)/ A.9883 (Gunther), Oppose, Mandated disposal sites operated by pharmacies, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.7431-A (Martins) /A.2462-A (Bronson), oppose, Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program, 6/14/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.7496 (Marcellino) / A.10024 (Nolan), Support with recommendations, Relates to continuing the early college high school program and the pathways in technology early college high school program in this state and provides an appropriation, 5/23/2016
Bill Memo - S.7536-A (Seward) /A.10267-A (Cahill), Support, Establish a state insurance advisory board, 6/9/16
Bill Memo - S.7553-A (Valesky) /A.10529-A (Fahy), Oppose, Biodiesel Mandate, June 14, 2016
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Darren Suarez - S.7583 (Young) /A.10156 (Schimminger), Support, Reduces the number of new jobs which must be created by an applicant for eligibility under the excelsior jobs program, 6/3/2016
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Johnny Evers - S.7722 (Lanza) / A.10296 (Peoples-Stokes), Support, Clarifies the definition of “restricted period”, 5/25/16
Bill Memo - S.7728 (Boyle) /A.10248 (Steck), Support, SLA Enforcement Authority, 6/17/16
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Johnny Evers - S.7840 (Griffo) /A.10716 (Woerner), Support, New York state clean energy tech production program, 6/14//16
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Darren Suarez - S.7861 (Martins) /A.10141 (Bronson), Oppose, Relates to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work, 5/24/2016
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Johnny Evers - S.7867 (Seward) /A.10524 (Cahill), Support, Exempting EGWPs from Ins Law, 6/2/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.7868-A (Seward) /A.10470 (Cahill), Support, Out-Of-Network Emergency Charges, 6/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.7886 (Griffo), Support, Carbon Leakage Prevention Action, 6/20/16
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Darren Suarez - S.7892 (DeFrancisco) / A.10687 (Peoples-Stokes), Support, Relates to alternative procurement methods and competitive negotiations, 6/14/16
Bill Memo - S.8005 (Savino) /A.10342 (Englebright), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas to Zero, 6/6/2016
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Darren Suarez - S.8006 (Ortt)/A.9241-C (Simanowitz), Support, Lawsuit Lending Regulation, 6/8/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.8105 (Boyle) /A.10715 Rules (Englebright), Oppose, Chemical Product Registry, 6/13/16
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Darren Suarez - S.8119 (Robach) /A.10714 (Buchwald), Oppose, Relates to railroad safety, 6/16/16
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Johnny Evers - S.8140 (Lanza) /A.10728 (Schimminger), Support, Relates to the reorganization of the alcoholic beverage control law, on premise sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday mornings, 6/15/16
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Johnny Evers
Assembly Legislative Memos
(Listed numerically by Assembly bill number)
- A.50-A (Simanowitz) /S.5395 (Boyle), Support, SEQRA Timeframes, 5/24/2016
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Darren Suarez - A.103 (Thiele) /S.332 (LaValle), Oppose, Zone Pricing, 6/3/16
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Darren Suarez - A.108-C (Dinowitz), Oppose, Require arbitration organizations to make public dispute resolution information, 5/16/16
Bill Memo - A.120 (Dinowitz), Oppose, Private right of action for unlawful price gouging, 3/10/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.128 (Paulin) / S.1825 (Ritchie), Oppose, Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, 3/10/15
Ken Pokalsky - A.180 (Dinowitz)
Creates the State Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate, oppose 1/8/15
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Contact: Darren Suarez - A.251 (Weinstein) / S.563 (DeFrancisco), Oppose, Indirect Recovery from Third Party Defendant, 6/6/16
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Ken Pokalsky - A.336-A (Gottfried) / S.1157-A (Hannon) /, Oppose, Permitting health care providers, including physicians, to collectively bargain with health plans, 6/13/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.617-B (Rosenthal) /S.485-B (LaValle), Oppose, Mandated Labeling for Genetically Engineered Crops, 6/6/16
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Darren Suarez - A.676-B (Rosenthal)/ S.3346-A(Hannon), Oppose, Mandating a pharmacy benefit manager contract appeals process, 5/8/15
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Lev Ginsburg - A.690 (Hevesi) / S.3095-A (Funke), Support, Creates a state information technology innovation center, 2/29/16
Bill Memo - A.774 (Rodriguez) / S.3616 (Funke), Oppose, State Deposits in Credit Unions, 6/7/16
Bill Memo - A.796 (Braunstein) / S.2931 (Libous, Oppose, Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered and accepted for a public or private construction project, 6/18/15
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Frank Kerbein - A.961 (Pretlow) / S.5930 (Marchione), Support, Capital Award Threshold Increase, 6/16/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.995 (Rosenthal)
Requires Prior Notice and Posting of Electronic Monitoring Activity, oppose, 1/26/15
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - A.1223-D (Brennan), Opposed, Telecom and Cable Service Provider Mergers, 6/9/16
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Johnny Evers - A.1243 (Cahill) / S.4775 (Sen. Funke) /, Support, Sales Tax Exemption for Plug in Hybrids, 5/27/15
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Darren Suarez - A.1267 (Lupardo) / S.1319 (Savino)
Repeal of Annual Wage Notice (Chapter Amendment)
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - A.1298 (Weinstein) / S.5242 (Savino), Oppose, Expands the provisions relating to mandatory settlement conferences in residential foreclosure actions, 3/22/16
Bill Memo - A.1329 (Weinstein) /S.4223 (Seward), Oppose, Lawsuits for Unfair Insurance Settlement Practices, 6/1/16
Bill Memo - A.1411-A (Paulin), Support, The Establishment of Limited Services Clinics, 6/15/15
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Lev Ginsburg - A.2013-A (Thiele) / S.1879-A (LaValle), Oppose, The use of pentachlorophenol for new or existing utility poles, 6/10/15
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Darren Suarez - A.2029-A (Hevesi) / S.3450 (Funke), support, Requiring state agencies to provide certain information to unsuccessful bidders during debriefs, 3/5/15
Bill Memo - A.2499-A (Bronson) / S.6810-A (Robach), Oppose, Sets forth conditions before a state agency may enter into a contract for consultant services, 6/14/16
Bill Memo - A.2320-B (Dinowitz) / S.6435 (Rivera), Oppose, Beverage “Health Warnings”, 6/1/16
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Ken Pokalsky - A.2462-A (Bronson) /S.7431 (Martins), oppose, Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program, 6/14/16
Bill Memo - A.2604 (Morelle) / S.2159 (Griffo) Authorizes Mixed Martial Arts, support, 3/2/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.2710 (Paulin)Fuel Cell Subsidy, oppose, 2/23/16
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Contact: Darren Suarez - A.2309 (Dinowitz), Oppose, Automobile Manufacturers' Warranty Adjustment Programs, 5/8/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.2372 (Dinowitz) / S.1545-A (Klein), Oppose, Prohibits Employer Use of Consumer Credit Reports in Employment Decisions, 5/7/15
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Frank Kerbein - A.2462 (Bronson) /S.7431, oppose, Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program, 6/1/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.2499-A (Bronson) / S.6810-A (Robach), Oppose, Sets forth conditions before a state agency may enter into a contract for consultant services, 6/14/16
Bill Memo - A.2597 (Brennan) /S.1034 (Avella), Opposed, PSC study of fiber optic cable television systems, 5/31/16
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Johnny Evers - A.2888-A (Abinanti) / S.4417-A (Murphy), Oppose, Westchester Healthcare Antitrust Exemption, 6/8/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.2990 (Aubry) / S.2029 (Hassell-Thompson), Oppose, Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee, 6/2/15
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Frank Kerbein - A.3006 / S.2006, Part N Minimum Wage Increase, Oppose, 3/4/15
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - A.3008 / S.2008 (Part Y) Executive Budget, Oppose, Title V Fees, 3/24/25
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Contact: Darren Suarez
- A.3008 /S.2008, Executive Budget, Part B
PLA requirement in Design-Build contracts, oppose, 1/29/15
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - A.3269 (Weprin) /S.1475 (Rivera), Oppose, Expansion of the Martin Act, 6/8/16
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Ken Pokalsky - A.3302 (Peoples-Stokes) /S.831 (Libous), Oppose, “Buy from Backyard Act”, 5/5/15
Bill Memo - A.3328 (Wright), Oppose, Utility Street Excavation Prevailing Wage, 5/23/16
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Darren Suarez - A.3409 (Titone), Oppose, Kill Switch Mandate, 6/1/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.3611 (Morelle) / S.1151 (O'Mara), Support, Real Property Tax Cap “Tax Base Growth Factor”, 5/8/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.3688-A (People-Stokes) /S.757-A (Kennedy), Oppose, New York Call Centers, 5/23/2016
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Johnny Evers - A.3702 (Moya) /S.3415 (Klein), Oppose, Regulation of Employment Agencies, 6/11/15
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Frank Kerbein - A.3734 (Rosenthal) /S.1846 (Hannon), Oppose, Mandating every insurer to offer, both inside and outside of the exchange, out-of-network coverage in at least one policy option and as an optional rider, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.3870 (Nolan) /S.3004 (Addabbo), Oppose,
Mandated Paid Family Leave, 2/4/16
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - S.4208 Part SS Budget, Support, Eliminate the Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation
Assessment (18-a), 3/12/15
Bill Memo - A.4388 (Dinowitz), Oppose, Disclosure of Employee Personal Account Information, 3/2/15
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Contact: Frank Kerbein - A.4435 (Silver), Oppose, Homeowners' Bill of Rights, 5/18/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.4530 (Dinowitz) /S.4106 (Boyle) Unilateral pricing policies or agreements for contact lenses, Oppose, 3/4/16
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky - A.4669 (Colton) /S.1037 (Avella), Oppose, Record of Compliance, 4/21/15
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Darren Suarez - S.4956 (Robach) /A.7285 (Wright), Oppose, Natural Gas Roadway Excavation Prevailing Wage, 6/1/15
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Darren Suarez - A.5062-A (Gottfried) /S.3525-A (Perkins), Oppose, Creation of the New York Health Plan, 5/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.5208 (Seward) /A.5208 (Simotas), Support, Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.5303 (Abbate) /S.4746 (Funke), Oppose, Requiring Binding Arbitration for Upstate Transportation Authorities, 5/17/16
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Frank Kerbein - A.5331 (Thiele) Same as Uni. S.3815 (LaValle), Prohibits a producer or refiner from selling, transferring, or assigning interest in a retail outlet leased to a motor fuel dealer, 5/9/16
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Darren Suarez - A.5501-C (Rosenthal)/S.2232-E (Peralta), Oppose, Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates an employee lien, 4/12/16
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Frank Kerbein
- A.5561 (Titus) /S.2768 (Savino), Oppose, Return to Work Guidelines, 5/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.5562 (Kavanagh) /S.3360 (Lanza), Oppose, An Act to Amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in Relation to Notification of the Release of Hazardous Substances, 5/8/15
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Darren Suarez - A.5612 (Englebright), Oppose, “Children’s Products”, 1/19/16
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Contact: Darren Suarez - A.5794 (Kavanagh) /S.2240 (Parker), Oppose, Third Party Notification, 5/26/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.5802 (Kavanaugh) /S.1087-A (Parker), Oppose, Citizen Suits 6/8/15
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Darren Suarez - A.5895 (Englebright), Oppose, The Natural Gas Production Contamination Response and Compensation Program, 3/16/15
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Contact: Darren Suarez - A.5920 (Steck) /S.4446 (Boyle), Support, SLA Enforcement Authority, 4/7/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.5964-A (Ortiz) /S.4672-A (LaValle), Support, Ownership of CPA Firms, 2/24/16
Bill Memo - A.5978 (Schimminger) /S.5504 (O’Mara), Disclosure of Asbestos Trust Claims, 2/5/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.6005 Part R, Support, Brownfield Extensions, 3/10/15
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Darren Suarez
- A.6005 Part U, Oppose, Creates the State Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate, 3/10/15
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Darren Suarez - A.6068-A (Morelle)/ S.3998-B (Boyle), Oppose, Mandates Sale of Digital Electronic Equipment Diagnostic and Repair Information, 6/7/16
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Johnny Evers - A.6070-A (Englebright), Oppose, Biodiesel Mandate, 1/19/16
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Contact: Darren Suarez - A.6072 (Englebright) /S.205-A (Espaillat), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 5/2/16
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Darren Suarez - A.6090-A (Cahill) /S.4280-A (Seward), Support, Relates to transportation network companies, 5/12/16
Bill Memo - A.6131(Steck) /S.3513 (Seward), Support, Commercial Modernization Permanency, 4/21/15
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Lev Ginsburg - A.6175 (Abbate) /S.3120 (Griffo), Oppose, Imposes Binding Arbitration Mandate on NYPA, 6/8/16
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Frank Kerbein - A.6194 (Joyner) /S.2530 (Golden), Oppose, An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs, 5/18/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.6256-A (Magee) /S.1853-A (Little), Support, Excluding Temporary Farm Workers From Unemployment Insurance, 5/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.6503 (Cusick)-A /S.3822-A (Venditto), Support, Enforcement Against “Organized Retail Theft”, 4/11/16
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Ken Pokalsky - A.6714 (Weinstein) /S.4846 (Bonacic), Oppose, Consent to General Jurisdiction, 5/3/16
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Ken Pokalsky - A.6770 (Nolan) /S.5337 (Griffo), Oppose, Relates to providing parents the right to exempt their children from standardized assessments, 5/19/15
Bill Memo - A.6780 (Simotas) /S.4639 (Krueger), Oppose, Expands “Qualifying Events” to Include Pregnancy, 5/15/15
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Lev Ginsburg - A.6912-A (Fahy) /S.5205 (Griffo), Oppose, Transfer of Streetlight Ownership, 5/28/15
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Darren Suarez - A.6932-A (Weinstein) /S.4781-A(Klein), Oppose, "Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act", 5/3/16
Bill Memo - A.6975-C (Kavanagh) /S.60-B (Squadron), Oppose, To Decrease the Amount a Limited Liability Company can Contribute to a Political Campaign, 6/6/16
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Ken Pokalsky - A.7257 (Titus), Oppose, Minimum Wage Increase. 5/4/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.7285 (Wright) /S.4956 (Robach), Oppose, Natural Gas Roadway Excavation Prevailing Wage, 6/1/15
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Darren Suarez - A.7339-A (Brindisi) /S.5126-A (Amedore), Support, Protecting owners from roofing & contracting harm, 6/6/16
Bill Memo - A.7377 (Farrell) /S.1077 (Golden), Oppose, Telecommunications Real Property Tax Expansion, 5/8/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.7439 (Cahill) /S.4540 (Seward), Support, Health insurance premium rate setting transparency, 6/1/15
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Lev Ginsburg - A.7512 (People-Stokes) @ request of the Office of State Comptroller, Oppose, Ethical Standards for State Agency Contractors Act, 5/28/15
Bill Memo - A.7548 (Silver) / S.2155 (Golden), Oppose DOL Enforcement of Independent Contractors' Contracts, 5/27/15
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Ken Pokalsky - A.7610-E (Dinowitz) /S.4771-E (Funke), Support, Prohibit Fees on Gift Cards and Gift Certificates, 6/3/15
Bill Memo - A.7625 (Fahy) /S.5751 (Avella), Oppose, Petroleum Storage Surety Requirements, 6/6/16
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Darren Suarez - A.7727 (Fahy) /S.5512 (LaValle), Support, Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program, 6/1/15
Bill Memo - A.7808 (Russell) /S.5131 (Defrancisco), Support, Directs the PSC to study the impact on consumers of the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative, 5/23/16
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Darren Suarez - A.7885-B (Cahill) /S.5783-B (Martins), Oppose, Relates to payment of bills for pharmaceutical services, 6/14/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.7876 (Titus) /S.2578 (Parker), Oppose, Requires access to employee personnel records, 6/23/15
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Frank Kerbein - A.8011-A (Ortiz)/S.5873 (Krueger), Oppose, Relates to limitations on investments of public pension funds, 4/12/16
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Darren Suarez - A.8025(Brennan) /S.29-A(DeFrancisco), Oppose, Authorizes a private right of action against insurance companies for unfair claim settlement practices, 5/19/16
Bill Memo - A.10714 (Buchwald) /S.8119 (Robach, Oppose, Relates to railroad safety, 6/16/16
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Johnny Evers - A.8123-A (Brennan), Oppose, PSC Imposition of Service Quality and Minimum Standards, 5/16/16
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Johnny Evers - A.8153 (Cahill) /S.6013-A (Bonacic), Oppose, New Contraceptive Mandates, 1/21/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.8195-B (Cahill), Oppose, Transportation Network Companies, 6/13/16
Bill Memo - A.8164 (Peoples-Stokes) /S.3328 (Ranzenhofer), Support, Bond Issuance Charges Exemption – NFTA, 5/17/16
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Frank Kerbein - A.8188 (Lavine)/S.5810 (Hannon), Oppose, Office-based surgery facility fee, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.8259-A (Morelle) /S.5979 (Rules), Support, Interim assessment on members of a defaulted group self-insurer., 6/16/15
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Lev Ginsburg - A.8332-F (Rodriguez) /S.6045-D (Savino), To create state run retirement plans for private sector workers, 6/14/16
Bill Memo - A.8580-A (Gunther) /S.782 (Hannon), Oppose, Mandates all acute care facilities and nursing homes to meet nursing staffing ratios, 6/16/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.8617-A (Morelle) /S.6307-A (O’Mara), Support, On premise sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday mornings between 8:00 a.m. -12:00 noon, 5/26/16
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Johnny Evers
- A.8628-A (Cusick) /S.6233-A (Lanza), Support, License Fees for Petroleum Products Shipped Through New York, 4/11/2016
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Darren Suarez - A.9003-B (Budget), Support, with recommendations, Career and technical education funding aligned with the goals of My Brother’s Keeper, 3/22/16
Bill Memo - A.9005/ S.5405 (Budget) Part H, Oppose, Paid Family Leave, 3/11/16
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Frank Kerbein - A.9005/S.6405, Part G, Section 11, Support, Aggregate Trust Fund Mandate Repeal, 2/1/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.9009-A/ S.6409-A, Part R (Executive Budget), Support, Small Business Income Tax Rate Reduction, 3/7/16
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Ken Pokalsky - A.9055-B (Part Q) Assembly Budget Bill, Oppose, Creates the State Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate, 3/14/16
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Darren Suarez - A.9006-A / S.6404-A /A.9006-A (Part H) Executive Budget, Support, Ownership of CPA Firms, 2/24/16
Bill Memo - A.9241-C (Simanowitz) /S.8006 (Ortt), Support, Lawsuit Lending Regulation, 6/8/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.9311 (Gottfired) /S.6667(Valesky), Oppose, Health Guaranty Fund Tax, 3/7/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.9568-A (McDonald) /S.6824-A (Marchione), Oppose, Extension of Statute of Limitation on Superfund Sites, 6/14/16
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Darren Suarez - A.9593 (Dinowitz), Oppose, Increasing Taxes on Gas and Electric Service, 3/24/16
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Darren Suarez - A.9668 (Benedetto) /S.6982 (Lanza), Support, Provides for issuance of permits authorizing on-premises consumption licensees to be open between 10:00 AM and noon on Sunday, 5/23/16
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Johnny Evers - A.9868 (Cusick) /S.6315 (DeFrancisco), Support, Defines “substantial completion” for the purposes of requisition payments to contractors, subcontractors and materials suppliers in construction contracts, 5/9/16
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Johnny Evers
- A.9883 (Gunther) /S.7407 (Hannon), Oppose, Mandated disposal sites operated by pharmacies, 5/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.9956 (Dinowitz), Oppose, Prohibits mandatory arbitration agreements in consumer and employment contracts, 6/1/16
Bill Memo - A.10024 (Nolan) /S.7496 (Marcellino), Support with recommendations, Relates to continuing the early college high school program and the pathways in technology early college high school program in this state and provides an appropriation, 5/23/2016
Bill Memo - A.10141 (Bronson) /S.7861 (Martins), Oppose, Relates to hours, wages and supplements in contracts for public work, 5/24/2016
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Johnny Evers
- A.10156 (Schimminger) /S.7583 (Young), Support, Reduces the number of new jobs which must be created by an applicant for eligibility under the excelsior jobs program, 6/3/2016
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Johnny Evers - A.10136 (Cusick) /S.6906 (Ranzenhofer), Support, Relates to notice provisions in public works contracts, 6/7/16
Bill Memo - A.10137 (Simotas) /S.7219 (Savino), Oppose, IVF mandate, 6/14/16
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Lev Ginsburg - S.7728 (Boyle) /A.10248 (Steck), Support, SLA Enforcement Authority, 6/17/16
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Johnny Evers - A.10267-A (Cahill)/S.7536-A (Seward), Support, Establish a state insurance advisory board, 6/6/16
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- A.10296 (Peoples-Stokes) /S.7722 (Lanza), Support, Clarifies the definition of “restricted period”, 5/25/16
Bill Memo - A.10342 (Englebright) /S.8005 (Savino), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas to Zero, 6/6/2016
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Darren Suarez - A.10443 (Titus) /S.7268 (Martins), Oppose, Personal liability of corporate officers for delinquent unemployment contributions, 6/7/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.10470 (Cahill) /S.7868-A (Seward), Support, Out-Of-Network Emergency Charges, 6/9/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.10475-A (Dinowitz)
/S.6834-B (Venditto), Oppose, Notification of a security breach, 6/14/16
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Johnny Evers
- A.10524 (Cahill) /S.7867 (Seward), Support, Exempting EGWPs from Ins Law, 6/2/16
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Lev Ginsburg - A.10529-A (Fahy) /S.7553-A (Valesky), Oppose, Biodiesel Mandate, June 14, 2016
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Darren Suarez - A.10620 (Morelle) /S.6090 (Little), Support, Wireless broadband eligible facility permitting act, 6/9/16
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Johnny Evers - A.10687 (Peoples-Stokes) / S.7892 (DeFrancisco), Support, Relates to alternative procurement methods and competitive negotiations, 6/14/16
Bill Memo - S.8105 (Boyle) /A.10715 Rules (Englebright), Oppose, Chemical Product Registry, 6/13/16
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Darren Suarez - A.8119-A (Paulin) /S.5757-B (Murphy) /A.8119-A, Support, State Parkway Critical Business Access, 6/20/16
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Darren Suarez
- A.10716 (Woerner) /S.7840 (Griffo), Support, New York state clean energy tech production program, 6/14//16
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Darren Suarez - A.10728 (Schimminger) /S.8140 (Lanza), Support, Relates to the reorganization of the alcoholic beverage control law, on premise sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday mornings, 6/15/16
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Johnny Evers