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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
A02036 - Enacts the "Marvin Mayfield act", eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.
Demond L. Meeks, Kenneth Burgos, Karines Reyes
Last updated over 1 year ago
54 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01443 - Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
Monica P. Wallace, Amanda N. Septimo, Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Last updated over 1 year ago
76 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A00338 - Enacts the safer consumption services act which provides for the establishment of a program to provide safe injection sites.
Linda B. Rosenthal, Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, Amy R. Paulin
Last updated over 1 year ago
43 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01473 - Establishes the abortion access fund; allows for individuals to designate a gift to the fund on their personal income tax returns.
Karines Reyes, Latrice Monique Walker, Jo Anne Simon
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A06506 - Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.
Yudelka Tapia, John Zaccaro, George Alvarez
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
A00155 - Establishes application processing and review requirements for reprieves, commutations and pardons by the governor; requires the governor to provide: a written notification that the application has been received; a receipt number that the applicant can then use to check on his or her application status; guidelines for supplementing the application with additional or updated information; and a notification when a decision is made on the application; requires quarterly reports to the legislature regarding reprieves, commutations and pardons.
Michaelle C. Solages, Marcela Mitaynes, Harvey Epstein
Last updated over 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A06666 - Prohibits all registered organizations, licensees, or permittees or other entities under the jurisdiction of the cannabis board from selling or delivering any edible cannabis products not in child resistant packaging.
John Zaccaro, John T. McDonald, Marianne Buttenschon
Last updated over 1 year ago
76 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A05990 - Restricts certain substances from being used in menstrual products.
Linda B. Rosenthal, Deborah J. Glick, Patricia A. Fahy
Last updated over 1 year ago
92 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A06027 - Relates to regulation of the billing by general hospitals and the distribution of funds from the general hospital indigent care pool; requires use of a uniform application form and policy.
Amy R. Paulin, Rebecca A. Seawright, Karines Reyes
Last updated over 1 year ago
47 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A06353 - Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2026, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center.
Deborah J. Glick, Patricia A. Fahy, Jo Anne Simon
Last updated over 1 year ago
59 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from New York district HD-057
COMMITTEES
New York House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Phara Souffrant Forrest is a nurse, an educator, and a proud Haitian-American. She was born in New York after her family fled the oppressive Duvalier regime in Haiti. Forrest put herself through nursing school while raising her son as a single mother. She earned her Master's in nursing education and now teaches at her alma mater. Forrest won an upset victory for the New York State Senate in 2020 after beating a six-term incumbent. Her campaign focused on healthcare, education, affordable housing, and criminal justice reform. She lives in the district she now represents.read less
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New York House from New York
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