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Subjects Energy Purchased from an ESCO to Sales Tax
S.1509 / A.2009 Article VII Revenue, Part H
January 20, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Expansion of 18-a (1-a) Assessment
S.1508 / A.2008 Article VII TED, Part U
January 22, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Pharmaceutical Price Control (Gouging)
S.141 (Carlucci) / A.6606 (Crespo)
January 28, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Broker Fiduciary Disclosure
S.2872 (Hoylman) / A.2476 (Dinowitz)
January 28, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Allows the Department of Transportation to Charge Right of Way Fees on Private Broadband Companies
S.1508 / A.2008 Article VII TED, Part S
January 28, 2019
Johnny Evers, PhD
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Expansion of the Bottle Deposit Law
S.1508 / A.2008 Article VII TED, Part F
January 28, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Tax on Gas and Electric Consumers
S.1508 / A.2008 Article VII TED, Part W
January 29, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Enacts the “New York State YouthBuild Act”
S.839 (Montgomery) / A.165 (Cahill)
January 30, 2019
Amber L. Mooney
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Addition of “Unfair” to Deceptive Acts or Practices
S.2407-B (Comrie) / A.679-B (Niou)
February 01, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Greenhouse Gas to Zero
S.2992 (Kaminsky) / A.3876 (Englebright)
February 01, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Constitutional Right to Healthful Environment
S.2072 (Carlucci) / A.2064 (Englebright)
February 01, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Eating Disorder Mandate
S.3101 (Biaggi) / A.1619 (Rozic)
February 04, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Prohibits Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Consumer and Employment Contracts
S.3208 (Comrie) / A.2301 (Dinowitz)
February 04, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Martin Act Expansion
S.3050 (Sanders) / A.5828 (Ortiz)
February 05, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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§127. Protections for the use of cannabis; unlawful discrimination prohibited §85. Condition of ...
S.1509 / A.2009 Article VII Revenue, Part VV
February 06, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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MWBE Revisions in Article 15-A of Executive Law
S.1508 / A.2008 Article VII TED, Part AA
February 07, 2019
Johnny Evers, PhD
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Matches the annual rate of interest to be paid on a judgment or accrued claim, to that used in the F...
S.1505 / A.2005 Article VII PPGG, Part D
February 08, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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“Critical Drug” Price Fixing
S.1507 / A.2007 Article VII Health & Mental Hygiene, Part B, Sections 6 & 10
February 08, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Establishing the Crime of Non-Consensual Dissemination of Sexually Explicit Images
S.1719-C (Martinez) / A.5981 (Braunstein)
February 08, 2019
Johnny Evers, PhD
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PBM Regulations
S.1507 / A.2007 Article VII Health & Mental Hygiene, Part I
February 08, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Mandates Coverage for Fertility Preservation and Large Group Insurance Policies to Provide Coverage ...
S.1507 / A.2007 Article VII Health & Mental Hygiene, Part L
February 08, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Commission to Evaluate Options for Achieving Universal Access to High-Quality, Affordable Health Car...
S.1507 / A.2007 Article VII Health & Mental Hygiene, Part N
February 11, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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“For-Profit Accountability Act”
S.1506 / A.2006 Article VII ELFA, Part E
February 11, 2019
Amber L. Mooney
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Changes Standard for Harassment Claims
S.1506 / A.2006 Article VII Budget, Part V
February 12, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Climate Leadership Act
S.1508 / A.2008 Article VII, Part X
February 21, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Prohibits Employers from Seeking Salary History from Prospective Employees
S.3692-A (Carlucci)
February 22, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) Licensure
S.2087 (Rivera) / A.2836 (Gottfried)
February 25, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Requires Banks to Disclose Negative Consequences of Establishing Alternative Payment Schedule on a L...
S.2106-A (Sanders) / A.4618 (Wright)
February 25, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Government Run Health Plan
S.3577 (Rivera) / A.5248 (Gottfried)
February 25, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Clean Energy Standard Tier 2
S.23 (Parker) / A.4294 (Cusick)
February 25, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Impose Real Property Tax on Spent Nuclear Fuel
S.3443 (Harckham) / A.5404 (Galef)
February 26, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Opioid Excise Tax
S.1509 / A.2009 Article VII Revenue, Part XX
February 27, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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New York State Clean Energy Tech Production Program
S.3410 (Harckham) / A.2282 (Woerner)
March 01, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Utility Consumer Advocate
S.4399 (Savino) / A.1966 (Dinowitz)
March 01, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Tax Rate for “Pass Thru” Manufacturers
S.4671 (Kaplan) / A.636 (Stirpe)
March 04, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Uniform Voidable Transfers Act
S.4236 (Hoylman) / A.5622 (Weinstein)
March 04, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Private Right of Action for Debt Collection
S.1835 (Gianaris) / A.1119 (Simotas)
March 04, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Extends Penal Law Provisions to Person Acting in a Supervisory Role on Behalf of an Employer
S.3314 (Sanders) / A.4508 (Crespo)
March 04, 2019
Johnny Evers
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Corporation Shareholder Meetings
S.2362 (Ranzenhofer) / A.3894 (Dinowitz)
March 04, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Prohibits the Imposition of Any Charge or Fee on the Telephone Bill of a Consumer When Such Fee or C...
S.2665 (Parker)
March 04, 2019
Johnny Evers
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Requires Prior Written Notice Upon Hiring to All Employees Informing Them of the Types of Electronic...
S.4589 (Sanders) / A.1920 (Rosenthal)
March 05, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Further Restrictions on Corporate and LLC Contributions
S.1510-A / A.2010-A Article VII, Part F
March 05, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Permanent Real Property Tax Cap
S.1505-A / A.2005-A Article VII, Part G & S.1904 (Gaughran)
March 05, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Prohibits the Disclosure or Use of Consumer Credit History in Hiring, Employment and Licensing Deter...
S.2884-A (Sanders) / A.2611-A (Dinowitz)
March 05, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Decoupling from Federal Tax Reform
A.5962 (Schimminger)
March 06, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Decoupling from Federal Cap on Deduction of Business Interest Expense
A.5961 (Schimminger)
March 06, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Voluntary Insurances
S.1507 / A.2007 Article VII Health & Mental Hygiene, Subpart F of Part J
March 06, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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IVF Mandate
S.719 (Savino) / A.2817 (Simotas)
March 08, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Freshwater Wetlands Expansion
S.5576 (Mayer) / A.3658 (Englebright)
March 11, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Bottle Bill Expansion
S.2129-A (Kaminsky) / A.5028-A (Englebright)
March 11, 2019
Darren Suarez
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HOA and Cooperative Fees Mortgage Mandate
S.4182 (Salazar) / A.1800 (Magnarelli)
March 11, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Essential Plan Undocumented Coverage
S.3900 (Rivera) / A.5974 (Gottfried)
March 11, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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New York Call Centers
S.1826-C (Kennedy) / A.567-C (Rosenthal)
March 13, 2019
Johnny Evers, PhD
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Relates to the Prohibition of Discrimination Based on an Individual's or a Dependent's Reproductive ...
S.4413 (Metzger) / A.6678 (Jaffee)
March 14, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Prohibits Employers from Seeking Salary History from Prospective Employees
A.5308 (Crespo)
March 14, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Extends the Statute of Limitations for Public Water Suppliers
S.3337-A (Gaughran) / A.5477-A (Thiele)
March 19, 2019
Darren Suarez
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New $9 Million Appropriation for Early College High School Programs & Eligibility for Existing Schoo...
A.2003-B Aid to Localities Budget
March 20, 2019
Amber L Mooney
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To Amend Vehicle and Traffic Law, In Relation to Locally Authorized Scooters and Locally Authorized ...
S.1508 / A.2008 Article VII TED, Part P
March 22, 2019
Johnny Evers, PhD
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Increasing Farm Waste Management Net-Metering
S.452 (Helming) / A.2283 (Woerner)
March 25, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Relates to Zone Pricing of Gasoline
S.3496 (LaValle) / A.5187 (Thiele)
March 25, 2019
Darren Suarez
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§196. Protections for the use of cannabis; unlawful discrimination prohibited §184. Condition of ...
S.1527 (Krueger) / A.1617 (Peoples-Stokes)
March 26, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Extension of Film Production Tax Credit
Extension of Film Production Tax Credit
March 28, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Regulation of Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products
S.501-B (Kaminsky) / A.6296-A (Englebright)
April 05, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Utility Pole Removal
S.3176 (Lanza)
April 05, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Strikers
S.4573 (Kennedy) / A.6592 (Ryan)
April 08, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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An Act to Amend the Insurance Law, in Relation to the Purchase of Prescription Drugs
S.4463 (Breslin) / A.3043 (Joyner)
April 09, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Prohibits Sexual Harassment by Employers
S.3377 (Gounardes) / A.7167 (Rozic)
April 22, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Authorizes Paid Family Leave for Bereavement
S.4694 (Ramos) / A.6891 (Romeo)
April 25, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Relates to Securing Payment of Wages for Work Already Performed; Creates an Employee Lien
S.2844-B (Ramos) / A.486-B (Rosenthal)
April 26, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Permitting Health Care Providers, Including Physicians, To Collectively Bargain with Health Plans
S.3462 (Rivera) / A.2393 (Gottfried)
April 29, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Mandates All Acute Care Facilities and Nursing Homes to Meet Nursing Staffing Ratios
S.1032 (Rivera) / A.2954 (Gunther)
April 29, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Prohibits Consumer Goods Contracts from Restricting Venue
S.429 (Hoylman) / A.5607 (Weinstein)
April 29, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Awards Attorney Fees and Expert Witness Fees in All Discrimination Cases
S.4129 (Biaggi) / A.2475 (Dinowitz)
April 29, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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High Local Environmental Impact Communities
S.181 (Serrano) / A.1779 (Peoples-Stokes)
April 29, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Service of Process to Secretary of State
S.3348 (Hoylman) / A.3300 (Dinowitz)
April 29, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Relates to Establishing a Cap on the Amount a Subscriber May be Charged for Leasing a Modem, Remote ...
S.4519 (Skoufis) / A.1416-A (Santabarbara)
April 30, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Relates to Unlawful Discriminatory Practices; Requires Employers to Make a Conditional Offer of Empl...
S.1402 (Carlucci) / A.3972 (Aubry)
April 30, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Prohibits Non-Compete Agreements and Certain Restrictive Covenants
A.7193 (Dinowitz)
April 30, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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An Act to Amend the Public Authorities Law, in Relation to Exempting Mass Transit Authorities from B...
S.5049 (Comrie)
May 03, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Retirement Fund Divestment
S.2126 (Krueger) / A.1536 (Ortiz)
May 03, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Protections from Excessive Hospital Emergency Charges
S.3171 (Krueger)
May 06, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Unemployment Experience Rating under PFL
S.1113 (Amedore) / A.2547 (Fahy)
May 06, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Computer Tracking for State Contractors
S.5398 (Savino)
May 06, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Authorizes Paid Family Leave for Victims of Abuse
S.5090 (Parker)
May 07, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Relates to Establishing Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Protocols Within the Private Sector
S.3941 (Krueger) / A.7485 (Rozic)
May 07, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Relates to Unlawful Unfair Practices of Proprietary Institutions of Higher Education
S.5598-A (Thomas)
May 10, 2019
Amber L Mooney
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“Degree-Granting Proprietary College Supervision and Student Protection Act”
S.5562-A (Stavisky) / A.8119-A (Hyndman)
May 10, 2019
Amber L Mooney
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State Regulation of Internet; Net Neutrality
S.3663 (Carlucci) / A.2432 (Fahy)
May 13, 2019
Johnny Evers
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“Non-Degree Proprietary School Supervision and Student Protection Act”
S.5581-A (Stavisky) / A.8170 (Hyndman)
May 13, 2019
Amber L Mooney
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Business Notifications of a Data Breach
S.2540 (Comrie)
May 13, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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To Amend Vehicle and Traffic Law, In Relation to Locally Authorized Scooters and Locally Authorized ...
S.5294-A (Ramos) / A.7431-B (Rozic)
May 15, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Mid-Year Formulary Changes
S.2849-A (Breslin) / A.2969-A (Peoples-Stokes)
May 17, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Protections from Excessive Hospital Emergency Charges
S.3171-A (Krueger) / A.264-B (Cahill)
May 20, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Relates to Safety Recalls on Used Motor Vehicles
S.5365-A (Comrie) / A.1380-A (Pheffer-Amato)
May 21, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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An Act to Amend the Labor Law In Relation to Flexible Working Arrangements
S.3665 (Gianaris) / A.324 (Rozic)
May 22, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Cable Franchise Transfers
A.7372 (Paulin)
May 28, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Tax Penalty Based on Compensation Ratios
S.1659 (Skoufis) / A.7454 (Kim)
May 28, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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An Act to Amend the Insurance Law In Relation to the Purchase of Prescription Drugs
S.4463 (Breslin) / A.3043 (Joyner)
May 28, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Wrongful Death Recovery for Emotional Anguish
S.4006 (Hoylman) / A.5612 (Weinstein)
May 29, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Nuclear Facility Closing
S.6161 (Harckham) / A.6050 (Titus)
May 29, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Nuclear Whistleblower
S.3286-A (Krueger) / A.7482 (Rozic)
May 29, 2019
Darren Suarez
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IVF Mandate
A.7478-A
May 31, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Consultant Contracts by State Agencies
A.5459 (Bronson)
June 03, 2019
Johnny Evers, PhD
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“Pay Equity” Reporting by State Contractors
S.1482 (Hoylman) / A.7169 (Glick)
June 03, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Relates to Early Termination of Motor Vehicle Lease Contracts
A.2078-A (Gunther)
June 03, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Background Clearances for Temporary Childcare Employment
S.5811-A (Kaplan) / A.8393 (Lavine)
June 04, 2019
Amber L Mooney
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Relates to the Eligibility for New York State Paid Family Leave Benefits by Persons Engaged in a Tea...
S.3821 (Savino) / A.5875 (Cusick)
June 04, 2019
Frank Kerbien
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Establishes a Wage Data Clearinghouse
A.1056 (Bronson)
June 04, 2019
Amber L Mooney
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Anti-Arson Applications
S.5126 (Sanders) / A.1167 (Rosenthal)
June 04, 2019
Lev Ginsburg
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Drug Importation
S.5682 (Skoufis) / A.7588 (Gottfried)
June 04, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Amends the Public Service Law In Relation to Requiring Certain Notices In Regards to Fiber Optic-Bas...
S.4029-A (Comrie) / A.5967-A (Paulin)
June 05, 2019
Johnny Evers
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LIPA Property Tax Assessment
S.5122-A (Gaughran) / A.7786 (Stern)
June 05, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Indian Point Closure
S.5305-B (Harckham)
June 05, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Indian Point Closure
A.7569-B (Galef)
June 05, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Ownership of CPA Firms
S.3842-B (Stavisky) / A.2919-A (Peoples-Stokes)
June 06, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Relates to Information Cable Television Companies Must Provide to Subscribers Regarding Availability...
S.4519-A (Skoufis) / A.1416-C (Santabarbara)
June 11, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Extends Penal Law Provisions to Person Acting in a Supervisory Role on Behalf of an Employer
S.3314-A (Sanders) / A.4508-A (Crespo)
June 11, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Time Off With Pay to Vote
A.7505 (Galef)
June 13, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Time Off With Pay to Vote
S.6278 (Breslin) / A.7836 (Jones)
June 13, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Stream Reclassification
S.5612 (Harckham) / A.4666 (Ryan)
June 13, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Reauthorization of Article 15-A / MWBE Program
S.6141 (Sanders) / A.7814 (Bichotte)
June 14, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Defines “Substantial Completion”
S.2394 (Breslin) / A.3552 (Cusick)
June 14, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Consumer Credit Debt
S.4827-B (Thomas) / A.6909-B (Weinstein)
June 14, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Unfair Claim Settlement
S.6216 (Bailey) / A.5623-A (Weinstein)
June 14, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Tax Treatment of Wireless Telecommunications Property
S.6511 (Parker) / A.8201 (Rosenthal)
June 17, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) Licensure
S.6531 (Breslin) / A.2836-A (Gottfried)
June 17, 2019
Lev Ginsburg, Esq.
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Relates to Increased Protections for Protected Classes and Special Protections for Employees who hav...
S.6577 (Biaggi) / A.8421 (Simotas)
June 17, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Dependent Worker Study
S.6538 (Savino) / A.8343 (Crespo)
June 17, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Prohibits State Contracts with Vendors that Forbid Employees from Litigating Discrimination or Haras...
S.3427-A (Salazar) / A.7936-A (Arroyo)
June 17, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Relates to Prohibiting Certain Conditions or Preconditions of Employment
S.3754 (Hoylman) / A.5777 (Dinowitz)
June 17, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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1,4 Dioxane
S.4389-B (Kaminsky) / A.6295-A (Englebright)
June 17, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Enacts the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, Granting Collective Bargaining Rights, Workers' Com...
S.6578 (Ramos) / A.8419 (Nolan)
June 19, 2019
Frank Kerbein
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Service Worker Prevailing Wage Expansion
S.6265-A (Gianaris) / A.8083-A (Niou)
June 19, 2019
Darren Suarez
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Public Service Commission Reviews of Broadband and Fiber Optic Services Within the State
S.5696 (Metzger) / A. 6679 (Ryan)
June 19, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Consent to General Jurisdiction
S.6352 (Kaplan) / A.7595 (Weinstein)
June 19, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Draft Prevailing Wage Mandate Bill
LBD #12031-07-9
June 19, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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Prevailing Wage Mandate for Economic Development Projects
S.1947 (Ramos) / A.1261 (Bronson)
June 20, 2019
Johnny Evers, PhD
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Prohibits the Disculosure of Personally Identifiable Information by an Internet Service Provider Wit...
S.518 (Carlucci) / A.2420 (Wallace)
June 24, 2019
John T. Evers, PhD
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Decoupling from Federal Tax Reform
S.6615 (Krueger) / A.8433 (Weinstein), Part I
June 24, 2019
Ken Pokalsky
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