New York State Senator

Catalina Cruz 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00106

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to increasing the standards of monthly need and home energy grant amounts for persons in receipt of public assistance.
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New York Assembly Bill A00199

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol; directs the superintendent of the state police to publish a list of pistols that the superintendent has determined to be convertible pistols.
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New York Assembly Bill A00188

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the statute of limitations for actions based on discriminatory practices in employment; establishes action must be commenced within six years.
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New York Assembly Bill A00387

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Engrossed
5/14/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Chaptered
12/10/25  
Requires general hospitals to provide language assistance services; requires general hospitals to develop a language assistance program to ensure meaningful access to the general hospital's services and reasonable accommodation for all patients who require language assistance.
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New York Assembly Bill A00984

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires a call-blocking service to be provided in state contracts that include procurement of a voice service; provides that a voice service provider shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for failure of a call-blocking service to block a call, or mistakenly blocking a call that should not have been blocked.
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New York Assembly Bill A00985

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to pre-arranged for-hire vehicle transportation services and the maximization of universal design and accessibility by persons with disabilities.
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New York Assembly Bill A00967

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "crash victims bill of rights"; requires accident reports to be delivered to victims of accidents or their next of kin; requires victim impact statements to be delivered at traffic infraction hearings by injured parties or their next of kin; requires employers to grant leave of absence to employees delivering a victim impact statement at a traffic infraction hearing; directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and complete a report on certain automobile crash information.
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New York Assembly Bill A01006

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
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New York Assembly Bill A01000

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes minimum wage to be paid for all time in excess of one hour in which an employee is not at work during a split shift.
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New York Assembly Bill A00972

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the "protect our privacy (POP) act" to impose limitations on the use of drones for law enforcement purposes; prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement at concerts, protests, demonstrations, or other actions protected by the first amendment.
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New York Assembly Bill A00992

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Includes bonus in the definition of wages for purposes of the labor law when the formula under which a bonus is determined is available to the employer or when the amount of a bonus has been declared; relates to the forfeit of wages.
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New York Assembly Bill A01008

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for persons released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release; provides for enrollment of such individuals upon release upon application, if eligible.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00206

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to failure to complete a program for time allowances due to circumstances beyond an individual's control.
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New York Assembly Bill A00134

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the New York COVID-19 children's fund program to provide assistance to children whose parent, custodian, legal guardian, or related adult household member died as a result of contracting COVID-19, regardless of immigration status of such children.
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New York Assembly Bill A00124

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the office of urban agriculture.