New York State Senator

Phara Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03671

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Relates to the removal of certain policemen.
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New York Assembly Bill A03730

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Provides that cities having a population in excess of one million shall not supersede state provisions relating to the state law prohibition on individuals standing or parking a vehicle within twenty feet of a cross walk at an intersection.
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New York Assembly Bill A09638

Introduced
1/21/26  
Prohibits the use of a wage-fixing algorithm in combination with personal or behavioral data to set or recommend wages or compensation; defines terms; establishes penalties for violations of such prohibition.
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New York Assembly Bill A09643

Introduced
1/21/26  
Provides that a claimant eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits shall also be entitled to receive a dependent allowance which shall begin at forty-five dollars and shall increase annually by an amount determined by the department of labor; directs the department of labor to report to the legislature following each calendar quarter certain information about dependent allowances and to make such reports available on its website; provides that a claimant's maximum benefit amount, including such dependent allowance, shall not exceed one hundred percent of such claimant's average weekly wage from their highest-earning calendar quarter.
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New York Assembly Bill A02390

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Requires rent concessions to be reported to the division of housing and community renewal; requires the inclusion of a statement of net effective rent for units with concessions; requires certain annual statements filed to include reporting of rent concessions.
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New York Assembly Bill A02367

Introduced
1/16/25  
Permits other qualifying members of a household to qualify the household for the disability rent increase exemption when they are not the head of household.
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New York Assembly Bill A02514

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.
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New York Assembly Bill A01755

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.
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New York Assembly Bill A01843

Introduced
1/14/25  
Relates to authorizing early parole release for incarcerated individuals where substance abuse was a significant contributing factor in the commission of the offense.
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New York Assembly Bill A01724

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.
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New York Assembly Bill A02620

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
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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New York Assembly Bill A02592

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for no more than a certain percentage over the purchase price; provides that the department of corrections and community supervisions shall publish on its website the price list for all commissary items for sale at each institution as of June 1, 2026 and on an annual basis thereafter.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00847

Introduced
1/20/26  
Commemorating the observance of the 41st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 19, 2026
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New York Assembly Bill K00869

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2026, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00028

Introduced
1/21/25  
Commemorating the observance of the 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 20, 2025