Representative • Democrat
Sam Berger
New York • District HD-027
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
26
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
95% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 101
Other: 140
Yea: 1353
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Sponsored Bills
NY A06452•Introduced
Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02139•Introduced
Requires state agencies and courts to take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition and contemporary examples of antisemitism when reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a violation of any non-criminal or criminal law, rule, or policy prohibiting discriminatory acts.
Primary Sponsor
NY A05894•Engrossed
Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority for the purposes of providing services under the workers' compensation law; includes such practitioners as providers.
Primary Sponsor
NY A03669•Introduced
Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters.
Co-Sponsor
NY A01223•Engrossed
Relates to the dates to file a designating petition; provides for the repeal of such provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A08032•Introduced
Relates to certain provisions on elevator licensing and temporary elevator mechanics; relates to civil penalties for unlicensed mechanics; clarifies inspection provisions.
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NY A08023•Introduced
Requires the department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs website; requires such municipal employment opportunities to be posted in a format searchable by municipality and employment position type.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06721•Introduced
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.
Co-Sponsor
NY A06576•Introduced
Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide insurance coverage in amounts equal to the financial responsibility requirements set forth in section three hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law; removes requirements relating to requiring additional insurance coverage.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05341•Introduced
Restricts cannabis storefronts and premises from being located within 500 feet from a school and two hundred feet of a house of worship.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00101•Introduced
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.
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NY A06781•Engrossed
Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02747•Introduced
Ensures that construction and fabrication done off of a public work site for specific use only in a public work project be compensated at the prevailing wage rate.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00074•Introduced
Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of veterans with a 100 percent service connected disability.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05386•Introduced
Requires every sheriff, county or city commissioner of correction and head of every state, county, or local police department to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes; requires the division to promulgate rules and regulations for such reporting.
Co-Sponsor
NY A03950•Introduced
Requires the school district of location shall annually provide written notice to all parents or persons in parental relation to students with disabilities attending nonpublic schools within their district regarding the process for requesting special education services; relates to the denial of services in a city having a population of one million or more for the 2024--2025 school year.
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NY A01872•Introduced
Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.
Co-Sponsor
NY A08045•Engrossed
Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans.
Co-Sponsor
NY A05448•Engrossed
Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment.
Co-Sponsor
NY A00949•Engrossed
Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system; permits one in-person visit within twelve months unless such in-person visit causes undue hardship on a patient.
Co-Sponsor
NY A08514•Introduced
Authorizes certified school psychologists to participate in the certification of certain persons as intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled; makes technical corrections to language.
Primary Sponsor
NY A08305•Introduced
Relates to expenses in matrimonial actions; establishes there is a rebuttable presumption that certain itemized bills or invoices shall be admissible in evidence.
Primary Sponsor
NY A07388•Introduced
Enacts "Peanut's law: humane animal protection act" to provide humane treatment, safeguard animal welfare and strengthen the rights of animal sanctuaries and responsible owners in retaining custody, implementing due process safeguards, and guaranteeing public safety while an appeal is pending; requires an administrative hearing before the seizure or euthanization of an animal under the care of a wildlife sanctuary, unless there is documented evidence that the animal presents an immediate threat to public safety; further provides that any animal seized by the department of environmental conservation for testing or public concerns is subject to a 72-hour waiting period prior to euthanization; makes related provisions.
Co-Sponsor
NY A02332•Engrossed
Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state, based on data in the most recent American Community Survey published by the United States Census Bureau.
Primary Sponsor
NY A08475•Introduced
Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services.
Primary Sponsor
NY A02619•Introduced
Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
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