Senator • Democrat
April Baskin
New York • District SD-063
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
29
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
95% Positive
Voting Pattern
Other: 27
Yea: 634
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Sponsored Bills
NY S08171•Introduced
Establishes the contract New York program to provide tax credits to corporations contracting with emerging microbusinesses; directs the department of economic development and the empire state development corporation to create and maintain a registry of emerging microbusinesses and to biannually implement best practices for engaging corporations to utilize such registry; establishes the contract New York tax credit for New York corporations with eligible contracts with emerging microbusinesses.
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NY S08054•Introduced
Expands the use of body scanners to facilities operated by the office of mental health, the office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of children and family services; establishes alternative methods of screening.
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NY S07769•Introduced
Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2027.
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NY S06018•Introduced
Authorizes and directs the New York state power authority to rename the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant located in the town of Lewiston, county of Niagara, to the Shirley J. Hamilton Niagara Power Plant.
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NY S06008•Introduced
Establishes the "Fallen Skywalkers Memorial Bridge" in the city of Buffalo in Erie county.
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NY S06017•Introduced
Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas.
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NY S06006•Introduced
Clarifies the eligibility of an employment agency for status as a small business for division of minority and women's business development programs by changing the basis from number of employees to annual receipts.
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NY S07730•Introduced
Requires state contracts with construction firms reserve five percent of such contract to discretionary spending towards small businesses located near the construction site; defines what qualifies as discretionary spending.
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NY S06997•Introduced
Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality.
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NY S04647•Introduced
Increases penalties for certain speed violations.
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NY S06023•Engrossed
Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide and post such guide to the division for small-business's website.
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NY S07844•Introduced
Authorizes the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan to file an application with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on behalf of such deceased member and deem such application as timely filed.
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NY S07818•Introduced
Permits the commissioner of health to designate local health officials to request copies of certain reports and records relating to a death.
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NY S07817•Introduced
Authorizes Janice Middlebrooks, the widow of William James Middlebrooks, to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband.
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NY S00878•Introduced
Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
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NY S07151•Introduced
Removes the prohibition on patient participation in multiple transplant programs in New York state.
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NY S06010•Introduced
Provides that microbusinesses in New York are eligible for small business revolving loans and the linked deposit interest rate reductions.
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NY S05247•Introduced
Extends the imposition of additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes by Erie county to November 30, 2027.
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NY S07674•Introduced
Authorizes the part-time judge of the city court of Lackawanna to reside anywhere in Erie county.
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NY S07238•Introduced
Relates to the criteria for financing certain lead service line and pipe replacements by the environmental facilities corporation.
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NY S06016•Introduced
Designates South Park Avenue in or near Lackawanna as a state highway.
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NY S06011•Introduced
Includes part of Ridge Road in the city of Lackawanna as a state highway.
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NY S06012•Introduced
Authorizes local municipalities to establish or expand tourism improvement districts and provide services thereto.
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NY S03144•Introduced
Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.
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NY S00192•Introduced
Requires the state shall offer a statewide emergency services internet protocol network (ESINet) available for connection to local public safety answering points (PSAPs).
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NY S01280•Introduced
Requires the display of certain labels and warnings on gas stoves sold, displayed for sale, or offered for sale at retail to a consumer in this state; authorizes the department of state to adopt regulations regarding the placement and format of such labels; provides for penalties; authorizes the attorney general to enforce such provisions.
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NY S00342•Introduced
Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.
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NY S00159•Introduced
Provides for findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole.
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NY S07273•Introduced
Relates to the purpose of such corporation and the use of certain tax monies received by the Rescue Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association Inc. in the town of Cheektowaga, Erie county.
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