Reinvent Albany State Bill Memos, 2021-2022 Assembly BillSenate BillRA PositionStatusIssueDescription and Link to Memo A6611-A (Hyndman)S5254-A (Biaggi)SupportOn Senate Floor Calendar, In Assembly CommitteeEthicsSimplifies Voting Requirements at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics A7512 (Hyndman)S6364 (Gounardes)SupportIn CommitteeEthicsAllows JCOPE to Disclose Status of Investigations to Complainants and the Public A2631-A (Thiele)S977-A (Gaughran)SupportPassed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesIncreases powers of Authorities Budget Office (ABO) A1141-A (Paulin)S4817-A (Krueger)SupportSigned by GovernorTransparencyRemoves duplicative reporting requirements for nonprofits No same-asS6964-A (Biaggi)SupportPassed SenateEthicsImproves Voting Processes at JCOPE and Equalizes Legislative Appointments No same-asS6261 (Biaggi)SupportOn Senate Floor CalendarEthicsSimplifies JCOPE voting rules for appointment and removal of the executive director A5825 (Cruz)S1096 (Liu)SupportIn CommitteeAnticorruptionIncludes legislative and judicial employees under state civil service law whistleblower and anti-retaliation protections A2483-B (Niou)S3395-A (Gounardes)SupportPassed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeHuman RightsEnsures that employees of elected and appointed officials are better able to hold state government accountable and are protected under NYS Human Rights Law’s anti-discrimination and harassment provisions A1442-B (Carroll)S4625-A (Comrie)SupportSigned by GovernorTransparencyMTA Open Data Act A4078 (Colton)S5137 (Mattera)SupportPassed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesRequires Legislative Approval for Creation of Public Authority Subsidiaries A1928 (Gottfried)S820 (Biaggi)SupportIn CommitteeStrong DemocracyConstitutional amendment to give the legislature more equal powers to the governor in the budget process A8325 (Wallace)S5711 (Comrie)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyEstablishes a database of deals tracking state economic development projects A5701 (Dinowitz)S1195 (Gianaris)SupportPassed in BudgetTax SubsidiesDecouples NYS and NYC's tax code from the federal Opportunity Zones program A5967 (Stewart-Cousins)S5357 (Heastie)Support and Recommend ImprovementsSigned by GovernorStrong DemocracyRolls back some of Governor's emergency powers A8483 (Cahill)S7438 (Krueger)SupportIn CommitteeTax SubsidiesEliminates non-essential fossil fuel subsidies No same-asS516 (Gianaris)SupportPassed SenateVotingEstablishes absentee ballot deadlines A454-A (Rozic)S4658 (Parker)SupportPassed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeVotingRequires polling places on college campuses in certain election districts Various absentee ballot reform billsSupportPassed SenateVotingVarious reforms to absentee balloting in NYS A8035 (Paulin)S7233 (Savino)OpposeIn CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesSplits current leadership job into separate MTA Chair and CEO positions, removes senate confirmation of CEO A6589-A (Galef)S286-A (Myrie)SupportPassed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeVotingMakes ballot images and cast vote records available to public upon request A7925 (Zebrowski)S6809 (Reichlin-Melnick)SupportOn Senate Floor Calendar, In Assembly CommitteeClean ContractingRestores Comptroller oversight powers A4635 (Thiele)S1311-A (Gaughran)SupportSigned by GovernorAccountable Public AuthoritiesRequires Long Island Power Authority to submit lobbying and advertising reports to state leaders A7611-B (Kelles)S6268-B (May) SupportPassed Assembly, in Senate CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesProtects Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Funds from Raiding by Prohibiting Transfers to General Fund A6601-A (Rivera JD)S5418-C (Cooney) SupportVetoed by GovernorBudgetEstablishes NY State Aid and Incentives for Municipalities Redesign Task Force A924-A (Paulin)S1625-A (Skoufis) Recommend Chapter AmendmentSigned with Chapter Amendment Different from RecommendationTransparencyAmends definition of "public body" A5470 (Englebright)S6017 (Skoufis) SupportSigned with Chapter AmendmentTransparencyImproves FOIL administration A795 (Wallace)S1634 (Skoufis) SupportVetoed by GovernorAccountable Public AuthoritiesEqualizes IDA fees within a county A8107 (Paulin)S7305 (Kaplan) SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyRequires public bodies to post video recordings of open meetings within 5 business days A7745 (Rosenthal L)S7260 (Salazar) SupportIn CommitteeTax SubsidiesEnds certain horse racing tax exemptions A6895 (Englebright)S1506 (Hoylman) SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyLimits commercial FOIL exemption A1931 (Rosenthal L)S260 (Myrie) SupportIn CommitteeTax SubsidiesRepeals Section 421-a of Real Property Tax Law A3334 (McDonald)S1473 (Breslin) SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyRequires electronic financial disclosures of legislative members and candidates A3469 (McDonald)S1500A (Breslin) SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyRequires legislative members and candidates to link their financial disclosure statements on their official state and campaign websites A5950A (Paulin)S7439A (Skoufis)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyRequires financial disclosure statements of candidates for office to be posted on the Joint Commission on Public Ethics website A4847A (Abinanti)S7362A (Skoufis)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyRequires members of regional economic development councils, including volunteers, to file financial disclosure statements A6687 (Abinanti)S1743 (Skoufis)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyRequires economic development entities to be subject to Open Meetings and Freedom of Information Laws; requires members to file financial disclosures A7611B (Kelles)S6268B (May)SupportPassed Assembly, In Senate CommitteeBudgetProtects Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) proceeds from raids by prohibiting transfers to general fund A8232B (Wallace)S7258 (Krueger)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyLimits Outside Income for Elected Officials A9050 (Gonzalez-Rojas)S8428 (Bailey)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyClarifies Intent of 50-a Repeal A9050 (Gonzalez-Rojas)S8428 (Bailey)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyClarifies Intent of 50-a Repeal A791 (Carroll)S2768 (Ramos)SupportIn CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesMTA Budget and Capital Open Data A4655A (Gottfried)S524A (Hoylman)SupportOn Senate Floor Calendar, In Assembly CommitteeHome RuleAllows NYC to Set Speed Limits as Low as 20 mph (Sammy’s Law) A1007 (Paulin)S2021 (May)SupportIn CommitteeHome RuleAuthorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce speed limits to 25 mph A6681 (Glick)S5602 (Gounardes)SupportIn CommitteeHome RuleAllows New York City’s Speed Safety Camera Program to Operate 24/7 A5200 (Solages)S1655 (Skoufis)SupportIn CommitteeTax SubsidiesRelates to preventing the use of funds, financial incentives, subsidies or tax exemptions for projects with non-public occupants A9622B (Solages)S8419A (Ramos)SupportIn CommitteeTransparencyIncreases Transparency of Community Advisory Committees Created for NYS Economic Development Projects A4078A (Colton)S5137A (Mattera)SupportIn CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesAllows the Governor, Senate or Assembly to Reject Creation of Authority Subsidiaries A4078A (Colton)S5137A (Mattera)SupportIn CommitteeAccountable Public AuthoritiesAllows the Governor, Senate or Assembly to Reject Creation of Authority Subsidiaries S8420A (Biaggi)SupportIn CommitteeEthicsAmends State Code of Ethics to Include a Duty to Report Misconduct S8421 (Biaggi)SupportOn Senate Floor CalendarEthicsAmends State Code of Ethics to Explicitly Prohibit Harassment and Discrimination S8328 (Gounardes)SupportIn CommitteeHome RuleExpands New York City’s Red Light Camera Program
