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A01200 - Establishes the people with disabilities access to programs commission to examine, evaluate and make recommendations for new laws with respect to how the state should streamline eligibility requirements and processes for its programs and services to assist people with disabilities.
Harvey Epstein, Christopher W. Burdick, Emily E. Gallagher
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
A00754 - Prohibits entry to gun shows to anyone under twelve years of age.
Linda B. Rosenthal, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Amy R. Paulin
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01155 - Relates to requests for proposals for voting machines and contracts for the purchase of voting machines or systems.
Amy R. Paulin, Karines Reyes, Nader Sayegh
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01101 - Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
Anna Kelles, Marcela Mitaynes, Fred W. Thiele
Last updated over 1 year ago
63 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01355 - Relates to limiting ammunition for assault weapons to two times the capacity of an authorized weapon over a one hundred twenty day period.
Jo Anne Simon, Robert C. Carroll, Vivian E. Cook
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01085 - Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.
Kenneth P. Zebrowski, Aileen M. Gunther, Vivian E. Cook
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01240 - Requires hotels and motels to notify employees of the presence of bedbugs on the premises; requires the development and administration of training on methods and procedures for the eradication of bedbugs upon hiring and each year thereafter.
Linda B. Rosenthal, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Vivian E. Cook
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01374 - Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.
William Colton, Vivian E. Cook, Nikki Ife Lucas
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A01072 - Allows school districts to permit home-schooled students to participate in district interscholastic sports.
Albert A. Stirpe, Michael R. Benedetto, Vivian E. Cook
Last updated over 1 year ago
52 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
A00068 - Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.
Nader Sayegh, Inez E. Dickens, Rebecca A. Seawright
Last updated about 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from New York district HD-032
COMMITTEES
New York House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Vivian E. Cook was born on October 1, 1941 in New York, New York. She earned her B.A. from Hunter College in 1963. She was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1990 and served Albany County's 108th district. In 2012 she was elected to the New York State Senate to represent district 32. She serves on several legislative committees including Consumer Protection and Health. Her professional experience includes working as Director of Special Services for the North Colonie School District. She has also worked in local government and volunteered with nonprofit groups.read less
OFFICES HELD
New York House from New York
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