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S04580 - Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.
Leroy Comrie, Jamaal T. Bailey, Jabari Brisport
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S03566 - Relates to the conversion to condominium ownership for the preservation of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York; provides expanded homeownership opportunities from the conversion of certain residential rental buildings to condominium status by property owners that commit to preserve the inventory of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York.
Cordell Cleare, Andrew S. Gounardes, Brad M. Hoylman-Sigal
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S00178 - Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.
Michael N. Gianaris, Jamaal T. Bailey, Neil D. Breslin
Last updated over 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S02426 - Relates to instruction concerning traffic stops in pre-licensing courses to provide drivers with their responsibilities when stopped by a law enforcement officer.
Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud, Leroy Comrie, Patrick M. Gallivan
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
S01536 - Limits robocalls to state residents; requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technology to telephone customers.
Brad M. Hoylman-Sigal, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jamaal T. Bailey
Last updated over 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
J00187 - Commemorating the Asian-American community's celebration of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rabbit, on January 22, 2023
Iwen Chu, Brian P. Kavanagh, Toby Ann Stavisky
Last updated over 1 year ago
63 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
S01295 - Provides that in toxic tort cases the date of discovery of the injury by the plaintiff or claimant is presumed to be the date of diagnosis and where the specific toxic etiological cause of injury is not known for up to ten years (instead of five years) after the injury itself is discovered a plaintiff shall have three years to file a claim from the time such specific cause is discovered.
James Sanders, Andrew S. Gounardes, Brad M. Hoylman-Sigal
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S01475 - Provides for coverage of hearing aids for child patients who are covered under a policy or contract of insurance if the hearing aids are fitted and dispensed by a licensed audiologist certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association following medical clearance by a physician licensed to practice medicine and an audiological evaluation medically appropriate to the age of the child.
Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud, Joseph P. Addabbo, Leroy Comrie
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S01753 - Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.
James Sanders, Joseph P. Addabbo, Neil D. Breslin
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S01875 - Requires the department of health to review claims for expenditures for early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment and other health services, care and supplies which are furnished to eligible children and pre-school children regardless of whether such children have handicapping conditions, are suspected of having handicapping conditions or have an individualized education plan; requires the department of health to apply for all necessary federal approvals regarding such expenditures.
Samra G. Brouk, Andrew S. Gounardes, Kristen Gonzalez
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from New York district SD-026
COMMITTEES
New York Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Andrew S. Gounardes is the State Senator for the 22nd Senate District of New York. He attended public elementary, middle, and high schools in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Andrew graduated summa cum laude from Boston College and received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School where he served as Student Bar Association President. Andrew began his career as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting complex narcotics cases throughout New York City. He focused on dismantling drug operations and getting illegal guns off the streets in an effort to make neighborhoods safer for families. After five years as a prosecutor, Andrew joined a law firm where he specialized in labor and employment law.read less
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