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A03984 - Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings.
Linda B. Rosenthal, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Andrew D. Hevesi
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A04354 - Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.
Karines Reyes, Marcela Mitaynes, Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Last updated over 1 year ago
44 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A03861 - Relates to requiring agencies to provide unsuccessful bidders that are certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises with a written statement of the completion of the procurement selection process and that such enterprise was not selected.
Chantel Jackson, Yudelka Tapia, Brian Cunningham
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A04091 - Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Steven B. Raga, Juan Ardila
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A04141 - Prohibits cost sharing for insulin; provides that an insured shall not be subject to a deductible, copayment, coinsurance or any other cost sharing requirement for the purchase of insulin.
Phara Souffrant Forrest, Steven B. Raga, Emily E. Gallagher
Last updated over 1 year ago
61 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A04035 - Expedites MTA capital project improvement, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation by establishing a process for utility relocation necessary for such project.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Rebecca A. Seawright, William Colton
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A04060 - Requires menstrual products in all public college and university buildings.
Amy R. Paulin, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Juan Ardila
Last updated 29 days ago
24 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
A04019 - Enacts the water bill fairness act; authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff.
Emily E. Gallagher, Christopher W. Burdick, Linda B. Rosenthal
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A04517 - Relates to promoting inmate voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to distribute a voter information guide and hold voter information and registration clinics for incarcerated people every other year.
Harvey Epstein, Ron Kim, Marcela Mitaynes
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A04893 - Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually.
Phara Souffrant Forrest, Jo Anne Simon, Dana Levenberg
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 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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