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S06709 - Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" to provide a testimonial privilege for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling.
James G. Skoufis, Patrick M. Gallivan, Shelley B. Mayer
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
S09137 - Prohibits openly carrying a rifle or shotgun; establishes exemptions from such prohibition.
Michael N. Gianaris, Cordell Cleare, Kristen Gonzalez
Last updated 4 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
J02026 - Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 7, 2024, as Queens Day in the State of New York
Toby Ann Stavisky, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jacob C. Ashby
Last updated 6 months ago
62 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
S09076 - Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members.
Andrew S. Gounardes
Last updated 3 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
S05801 - Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body.
John Liu, Nathalia Fernandez, Jabari Brisport
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
S08546 - Requires every renewable energy generating project receiving grants, guaranteed loans, tax benefits or funding from New York state to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the operation and maintenance of such project with a bona fide labor organization of jurisdiction that is actively engaged in representing transitioning utility workers in the fossil fuel industry.
Robert Jackson, Jessica Ramos, Joseph P. Addabbo
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S08479 - Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm and ammunition dealers.
Zellnor Myrie, Andrew S. Gounardes, Peter Harckham
Last updated 4 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
J01922 - Mourning the death of Herbert F. Geller, distinguished veteran, and devoted member of his community
Peter Harckham, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jacob C. Ashby
Last updated 7 months ago
63 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
J02214 - Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 7, 2024, as 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Day in the State of New York
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jacob C. Ashby
Last updated 6 months ago
61 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
S07364 - Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms; provides that a person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of a three-dimensional printed firearm is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Brad M. Hoylman-Sigal, Andrew S. Gounardes, Peter Harckham
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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