New York State Senator

Cordell Cleare 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00880

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the housing development fund company fairness, preservation, and affordability act to clarify certain provisions relating to the dissolution and reincorporation of housing development fund companies; provides for tax exemptions and abatements for housing development fund companies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00844

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00881

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires the city university of New York and state university of New York have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is multilingual.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00614

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides for enrollment of eligible incarcerated persons in the medical assistance for needy persons program; provides for enrollment of incarcerated individuals in other medical assistance programs, where eligible.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00639

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to special provisions for the operation of bicycles when approaching stop signs and traffic-control signals including steady circular red signals and red arrow signals.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00651

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00667

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00707

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/30/26  
Requires certain data to be included in reports on the administration of managed long term care plans; changes reporting period to annually.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00856

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Increases the number of members on the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00903

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Relates to informal caregiver training; defines "person in need of assistance"; expands who may serve as an "informal caregiver".
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00592

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00594

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00571

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors and grantors from demanding brokers' fees from a tenant.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00574

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the end predatory home flipping act; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain residential properties which are sold within two years of the prior conveyance of such property; exempts certain purchases of residential properties from mortgage recording taxes; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain properties in the city of New York which are sold for one million dollars or more.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00643

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration.