New YorkA 30052025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year

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66 provisions identified: 27 benefits, 5 costs, 34 mixed.

More burial help for crime victims

The maximum crime-victim burial award rises from $6,000 to $12,000, limited to eligible burial costs. It covers deaths directly caused by crime on or after November 1, 1996. Emergency burial advances rise from $3,000 to $6,000 when immediate payment prevents undue hardship and a final award appears likely. The advance counts toward the final award, and excess money must be repaid as required.

More compensation for repeated theft losses

The Office of Victim Services can award up to $2,500 total for documented cash losses from repeated larceny. This replaces the ordinary $100 cash-loss limit for these claims involving essential personal property. Criminal justice agency reports must attribute the thefts to the same person. Claimants must provide receipts or similar proof, and the losses are covered through one combined award.

City firefighters gain disability pension access

New York City Fire Department enhanced-plan members can receive ordinary disability pensions without qualifying for or receiving Social Security disability benefits. Members must still meet the pension plan's other ordinary disability requirements. This removes a pension eligibility barrier; it does not change Social Security benefits.

Earlier retirement for eligible city officers

Eligible police/fire members of the New York City Police Pension Fund qualify for normal retirement after 20 service years instead of 22. Their normal retirement age becomes the age when they complete, or would have completed, those 20 years. This provision changes retirement eligibility, not a stated pension amount.

Military agency firefighters gain retirement plans

Covered Division of Military and Naval Affairs firefighter apprentices, airport firefighters, and training and safety officers gain 25-year retirement options. One plan pays half of final average salary after 25 credited years, plus one-sixtieth for each applicable additional year. It credits listed agency service and paid organized-fire-department service; current eligible employees must elect irrevocably within one year after it takes effect. Beginning January 1, 2026, a separate provision allows retirement regardless of age after 25 credited years and required minimum service, paying one-fiftieth per year, capped at half of final average salary. Article 14 members must elect irrevocably within one year of January 1, 2026, or entering qualifying employment, whichever is later.

Longtime officers gain another pension option

A separate 25-year plan is available to eligible conservation law enforcement officers, forest rangers, conservation police, park police, and university police. Their retirement-system membership must have begun before January 9, 2010. Members must elect irrevocably within one year after the section takes effect or eligible employment begins, whichever is later. The pension pays 55% of final average salary after 25 years, plus 1% per extra year, capped at 65%. The plan credits specified prior service and requires contributions of 1.5% of annual wages.

Officers gain pensions with required contributions

A 20-year plan covers specified non-seasonal conservation law enforcement officers, full-time forest rangers, conservation police, park police, and university police. Membership starting July 1, 2025, is covered; January 9, 2010–June 30, 2025 members can elect irrevocably within one year after the section takes effect or eligible employment starts, whichever is later. The pension pays 50% of final average salary after 20 years, plus 1% per extra year up to 65%; mandatory-age retirees with fewer years get one-fortieth per credited year. Wage contribution bands are: up to $45,000, 4.5%; over $45,000–$55,000, 5%; over $55,000–$75,000, 6%; over $75,000–$100,000, 7.25%; over $100,000, 7.5%, with projected wages used for the first three membership years. The plan permits specified prior-service and military credits and transfers back to the Employees' Retirement System; employers can initiate retirement after 25 credited years by filing with the Comptroller.

Public authority borrowing ceiling rises

Beginning July 1, 2025, the authority's outstanding borrowing ceiling rises from $27.5 billion to $30.5 billion. The higher ceiling permits $3 billion more in outstanding obligations but remains a fixed limit for counted debt. Specified obligations under Public Authorities Law sections 2799-ss and 2799-tt remain excluded. Existing exceptions also remain for qualifying refunding, repayment, and certain Local Finance Law obligations. The provision takes effect April 1, 2025; it changes borrowing authority, not an appropriation.

Eligible defendants get counsel at arraignment

Until September 1, 2028, the state’s arraignment plan must ensure counsel for defendants eligible for publicly funded representation. The lawyer must be physically present or appear through a legally allowed electronic appearance. A timely arraignment with counsel cannot be delayed while officials decide whether the defendant qualifies.

More access to crime victim compensation

People who paid or owe crime scene cleanup costs can seek cleanup-only compensation, even without other victim-compensation eligibility. Cleanup and securing costs are covered up to $2,500. When a crime causes death in an eligible family member's or cleanup claimant's home, only one cleanup award is allowed per residence. For death claims covered by the specified eligibility categories, the Office of Victim Services cannot weigh whether the victim's conduct contributed to death.

Assistance waivers for domestic violence survivors

Public assistance recipients referred to a domestic violence liaison must receive information about voluntary services and an assessment. The assessment considers their statement or relevant information and supporting evidence about barriers to program compliance or work. Liaisons must grant appropriate waivers to the extent federal law allows. Exemption from the federal 60-month cash-assistance limit requires an independently verified abuse-related impairment expected to last at least three months. Recipients also qualify for that exemption when unable to work because they care for a dependent child disabled by domestic violence.

Better care protections for assault survivors

Participating hospitals, assault examiner programs, and licensed providers cannot bill survivors for the covered sexual assault examination services. The Office of Victim Services sets usual and customary rates instead of using Medicaid rates. Provider reimbursement caps are $800 without an evidence kit, $1,200 with a kit, or $2,500 with full HIV prevention treatment. Hospital emergency rooms must offer the full HIV prevention regimen, regardless of age, when exposure meets the commissioner's guidelines. Adults are no longer limited to an offer of a seven-day starter pack.

More payment options for injured workers

Beginning January 1, 2027, employers unsure of claim liability can make temporary workers' compensation payments without admitting liability. Payments can cover compensation, medical care, and prescribed medicine for up to one year. They end sooner if the employer contests the claim or the Workers' Compensation Board decides it. Employers stopping payments must notify the worker and Board within five days after the last payment. Eligible medical residents and fellows can also treat injured workers with required supervision, provided neither practitioner is barred from this care.

Disability retirement access expands after service

Covered vested public employees can meet the service-status requirement for disability retirement when a qualifying World Trade Center condition causes incapacity. The rule applies even when they are no longer in service. It also applies when more than 90 days have passed since service ended. This change concerns state retirement benefits, not federal Social Security.

Higher pension salary for senior police

Qualifying New York City detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants get a higher salary amount used to calculate their pension. They need at least 25 years of uniformed police service and three years in their retirement rank. The added amount is 5% of the rank’s highest contract pay after 25 years, 10% after 30, or 15% after 35. The extra salary amount counts for a period totaling two years, rather than providing a stated percentage increase to pension checks. Members cannot combine it with the additional increase under the specified city pay law.

School retirees keep pensions while working

Eligible retirees working for a New York school district or board of cooperative educational services can keep receiving their pension. Their salary from that work does not suspend or reduce covered pension benefits. The law extends this earnings waiver through June 30, 2027.

Parking and storage lose construction abatements

Specified construction tax benefits are unavailable for property used wholly or partly as parking, storage warehouses, or self-storage facilities. Parking can qualify when tied to residential construction on a separate tax lot receiving qualifying local housing-agency financial aid. As-of-right aid does not qualify for that exception. The warehouse definition covers qualifying licensed household-goods storage businesses and retains the statutory merchant-resale exception. Self-storage covers property designed and used for occupants to access space to store and remove personal property.

Conservation and park police disability changes

Specified conservation law enforcement and regional state park police members receive disability coverage under section 363-e instead of section 362. Coverage applies when a physical or mental condition prevents them from performing their duties. Members who last entered or reentered the specified service before September 1, 1997, retain a choice. They can apply under sections 362 or 363 and receive the benefit payable under that section.

Covered officers face later mandatory retirement

Mandatory retirement for members covered by section 381-b moves to December 31 of the year they turn 63. This permits longer service but changes the mandatory retirement date. Members retaining the specified age-57 entitlement must have served on August 15, 2007, and through December 30 of their age-57 year. Members retaining the specified age-60 entitlement must have served on August 31, 2025, and through December 30 of their age-60 year. This rule does not apply to the superintendent.

Governor can close three state prisons

From April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026, the governor can close up to three state correctional facilities. Closures must be found necessary for cost-effective and efficient operation. Legislative leaders must receive at least 90 days’ notice identifying the facilities and describing incarcerated populations and staffing. The corrections commissioner must report on staff relocation efforts within 60 days after each closure.

Construction workers gain wage, job protections

Covered public construction contracts must follow state prevailing-wage rules and bind every contractor tier to the project labor agreement. Contracts must include monitoring and enforcement, and federally aided projects must follow applicable federal wage rules. For the specified Onondaga County public works, current county workers cannot be displaced or have protected duties transferred to contractors. Their positions, benefits, civil service rights, and bargaining status remain protected. County employees must review contractor work and accept substantial or final completion when it meets the contract.

Exam fee relief for job seekers

Fee waivers cover qualifying civil service exams held July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2027. The state must waive application fees for veterans taking original-appointment exams. Applicants also qualify by certifying they are unemployed and primarily support their household, or by receiving public assistance. Municipal commissions can waive fees with approval from the applicable city or county governing body. The waiver regime expires December 31, 2027.

Higher pay and protections for jurors

The daily allowance for trial and grand jurors rises from $40 to $72 for eligible physical attendance when court convenes. Employed jurors earning less than $72 daily receive an allowance covering the difference. Employers with more than 10 employees cannot withhold the first $72 of daily wages during the first three jury-service days. That wage protection also rises from $40 and does not require payment above the worker's daily wages.

More applicants can become correction officers

State correction officer trainees and officers are exempt from the New York residency requirement under Public Officers Law. The corrections commissioner can also appoint applicants ages 18 through 20 who meet the civil service exam deadline. Applicants must take the exam by the 60th day after the first post-effective-date report showing staffing capacity of at least 90%. These changes expand eligibility but do not guarantee appointment.

Older applicants gain police job access

Beginning September 1, 2025, State Police appointees must be U.S. citizens ages 21 through 43; the prior maximum was 29. Up to six years of military duty can be subtracted for that age test. Covered civil service police applicants can be up to 43 on the written exam date and must be 20 when appointed. Their age calculation can subtract up to six years of military duty or terminal leave; localities cannot impose stricter maximums. The civil service age rules exclude conservation police and the specified eligible lists finalized before May 31, 1999.

Temporary alcohol retail permits last longer

The law extends the covered temporary alcohol retail permit authority from October 12, 2025, to October 12, 2026. This keeps that permit route available for affected applicants and permit holders.

Campaign matching limits and committee reuse

An eligible donor's first $250 can qualify for public matching funds when total contributions do not exceed $1,050. Amounts above $250 are not matched; exceeding $1,050 makes all that donor's contributions ineligible for matching. Contributions must meet residency, reporting, election-deadline, and board-validation requirements; loans, in-kind gifts, anonymous gifts, and minors' contributions are excluded. Candidates can reuse an approved committee, but may have only one per office, with a treasurer. Candidates must approve the committee and notify the board before receiving contributions or spending for a covered election.

Domestic violence and child-witness safeguards continue

The cited domestic violence intervention rule continues until September 1, 2027, when it expires and is repealed. Closed-circuit television and other protections for certain child witnesses also continue through September 1, 2027. Child-witness protections cover eligible proceedings pending on the rule's effective date or begun afterward. The supplied text does not identify that date or all covered proceedings.

More judges authorized for state claims

Effective May 15, 2025, New York raises the maximum number of additional Court of Claims judges from 32 to 37. The Governor appoints these judges with the Senate's approval. The change authorizes five more additional judges; it does not itself fill those seats.

New office coordinates gun-violence prevention

The law creates an Office of Gun Violence Prevention within the Division of Criminal Justice Services. It coordinates prevention, research, public information, and resources, with its first annual report due within one year of the section’s effective date. The office must launch a campaign by September 1, 2025, covering safe gun storage, child access, relevant laws, and prevention resources. The division must distribute prevention and intervention materials, and can provide training, technical help, and coordinated responses when practical or appropriate. Covered mass gun violence includes legally defined mass shootings, single incidents injuring at least three people, or related community incidents injuring at least three within seven calendar days.

New York City adds ten judges

Effective May 15, 2025, the law adds 10 New York City Civil Court judges. Seats are divided among the Bronx, two; Brooklyn, three; Manhattan, two; Queens, two; and Staten Island, one. The judges are elected from specified districts on November 4, 2025, and their terms begin January 1, 2026.

Public funds for small primary races

Candidates appearing only in one or more primaries with fewer than 1,000 eligible voters can receive up to $5,000. The law allows up to $5,000 more for each additional 1,000 eligible voters above the first 1,000. Total funding cannot exceed $15,000 for the election or elections. The State Board of Elections determines the eligible voter count for that calendar year.

Stronger prison inspections and death reporting

Beginning one year after enactment, the Commission of Correction must inspect covered jails, state prisons, and secure youth facilities annually. At that time, appointed council members cannot work for the corrections department or a correctional facility, or supervise a facility. Death reports sent to the governor and named legislative chairs must then remain unredacted, except for legally required medical or behavioral-health privacy redactions. The commission can access medical, substance-use treatment, and transition records needed for its duties and hold private interviews. Incarcerated people participate voluntarily and may bring counsel; staff may bring counsel or a union representative.

Governors Island gains commercial tax breaks

Beginning January 1, 2026, Governors Island becomes a special commercial abatement area eligible for applicable construction tax breaks. The designation exempts the island from specified commercial exclusion-area limits. It can be changed through the statutory process. The commission must consider existing density, planned development, and emerging city industries when considering the designation.

Civil cases limit assumed agency access

In civil enforcement cases it starts, the Attorney General is not deemed to control other state entities’ records or staff. The same rule applies to the Department of Law’s assumed right or practical ability to obtain those materials or personnel. The rule took effect upon enactment and covers both pending and newly started cases.

Legislators face stronger outside-income penalties

Beginning January 1, 2027, legislators must follow the existing outside earned-income limit to receive their state salary and vote. Knowing and intentional violations can bring a civil penalty of up to $40,000, plus related gifts, compensation, or benefits. Exclusions cover state pay and benefits, certain military and intellectual-property income, retirement income, and certain investment and family-business income. Pay for services before January 1, 2025, or before the member was sworn in is also excluded.

Public campaign payments face funding caps

Public matching funds are capped for each covered primary, general, or special election. The cap is $3.5 million for governor and lieutenant governor combined, or for attorney general or comptroller. Senate candidates face a $375,000 cap; Assembly candidates face a $175,000 cap. Unspent public funds from the primary reduce the candidate’s general-election amount.

State bidders must certify workplace policies

Bidders for state goods, services, or work must certify a written gender-based violence workplace policy when competitive bidding is legally required. The certification is under penalty of perjury and confirms the policy was shared with employees, directors, and board members. The policy must meet the law’s minimum requirements. Agencies can request certification for bids not requiring competition; bidders unable to certify must submit a signed explanation.

Disability definition guides crime-victim compensation

For crime-victim compensation, disability includes physical, mental, or medical impairments that prevent a normal bodily function when the crime occurs. Medical records must show the impairment. This definition guides access to compensation provisions that apply to disabled victims.

Former officers face new return rules

Beginning September 1, 2025, qualifying former police officers can return without meeting the appointment age limit within one year of resignation. They must have held a permanent competitive-class police appointment and qualify for transfer to the receiving department. Reinstatement remains subject to civil service rules. The law removes the separate 30-day reappointment route that covered provisional or permanent appointees.

New hires get repayable payment options

The hiring-date cutoff for ending the alternative salary-payment process moves from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2030. Executive-branch implementation requires an employee agreement or employee-relations authorization; courts and legislative employers need elections by their responsible officials. Required elections to end the existing process must be written and filed with the Comptroller within 30 days after enactment. Separately, covered employees hired on or after July 1, 2026, can choose an optional payment where implemented, with amounts set by agreement or the Budget Division for non-unit executive employees. The State must recover that payment within 14 pay periods, and it does not count as basic salary or retirement pay; required employer elections are due September 30, 2025.

Young correction officers gain training, restrictions

Correction officers under 21 must receive enhanced training and mentorship. They cannot obtain or use firearms or perform the specified firearm-related duties. They also cannot perform certain outside duties, cover outside hospitals, or supervise outside or community work crews. During their first 18 months, they need supervision in contact roles with incarcerated people. They cannot bid on posts barred by these restrictions.

Campaign audits add safeguards and training

Effective January 1, 2025, the board can audit candidates after credible reports involving misuse or receipt of public campaign funds. Reports can involve potential fraud, knowing and willful violations, or criminal activity. Candidates receiving no public matching funds are excluded from the selected-candidate audit process, but other audit powers remain. Selected candidates’ names stay private unless wrongdoing is found, and candidates get 30 days to fix post-election audit violations. The board must offer online and in-person compliance-officer training and certification, with a public officer list updated every 30 days.

Campaign funding eligibility tightens with exceptions

Candidates with unpaid state or similar local campaign-program obligations from the past 10 years cannot qualify for public matching funds. Candidates who exceeded contribution limits can qualify by returning or paying the excess within the board’s allowed time. Those who spent the excess can file an affidavit promising repayment by 30 days before the general election. Public payments can be reduced by up to 25% while repayment is owed. Substitute candidates can certify within one week after their substitution certificate is filed. Primary participants who win nomination can decline public financing for the general election.

Candidates must return surplus public funds

After qualified campaign bills are paid, candidates must return surplus funds, up to the public matching funds they received. They cannot keep public matching funds, but can retain up to $50,000 of eligible private surplus. Specified prior-cycle funds are excluded from both the surplus calculation and that retention limit. Transfers, contributions to others, and lawful debts count when calculating surplus. Repayment is due within 27 days after bills are paid and no later than the final audit report. All unspent public funds become due immediately if the board finds that the candidate delayed the audit.

Child sexual image crimes cover digitization

Four existing child sexual-performance crimes now expressly cover performances created or changed through legally defined digitization. The person must know the performance's character and content. Promotion offenses cover children under 17 and remain class D felonies. Possession offenses cover children under 16 and remain class E felonies.

Driving and parking enforcement rules continue

Covered vehicle and labor provisions continue until September 1, 2027; related amendments then expire and return to prior law. The continued traffic surcharge provisions cover offenses committed on or before September 1, 2027. The cited parking surcharge applies from its stated effective date, which the supplied text does not give. The cited ignition interlock program act also continues until September 1, 2027, when it is repealed.

Faster public payments for eligible candidates

Effective January 1, 2025, the campaign finance board must check eligibility within four days, excluding weekends and holidays. It must authorize payment within two days after finding eligibility; candidates must certify at least 15 business days before payment. Primary schedules require a payment within one week after the designation acceptance deadline and at least four payments before voting. General-election payments run July through December with monthly minimums; other covered elections get at least three payment days in the preceding 30 days. The board must explain nonpayment in writing, report matched contributions, and move weekend or federal-holiday payments to the next business day. Candidates meeting one of ten competitive-opponent tests can receive funds before the usual two-week wait after the primary petition deadline.

Fundraising thresholds for publicly funded candidates

Candidates must meet fundraising and matchable-contribution counts to qualify for public campaign funds. Governor and lieutenant governor together need $500,000 and 5,000 contributions; attorney general or comptroller candidates need $100,000 and 1,000. Senate candidates need $12,000 and 150; Assembly candidates need $6,000 and 75. Senate and Assembly dollar thresholds fall by one-third in districts meeting the law’s Census-based income test. The board must publish those districts at least two years before the first relevant primary. Qualifying in a primary also satisfies the threshold for another same-year election for the same office.

Governor candidates must choose running mates

Governor and lieutenant governor candidates must be designated or nominated jointly, including independent candidates. Petitions must name both candidates, and ballots must show them together with the governor candidate first and one identifying letter or number. The pair can jointly demand a primary ballot spot when the governor candidate receives at least 25% on a designation ballot. Vacancies in the pair can be filled through the law’s committee procedures.

Interstate offender supervision agreement stays active

The cited interstate adult offender supervision compact provisions continue through September 1, 2027. A state's compact provision takes effect only after that state adopts an agreement with identical effect. Until then, the cited alternative rules remain in place.

Legislative law extended with compensation protections

The law extends Legislative Law article 5-A from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026, when it is repealed. The extension applies from June 30, 2025. Compensation committee findings and decisions remain undisturbed unless a court finds them invalid or no longer applicable or in force.

Militia funding and military rules continue

Covered organized militia funding amendments continue until September 1, 2027, when they expire and are repealed. Sections 43–45 of the cited 1997 military-law act also continue until that date. The supplied text does not explain their funding amounts, uses, or effects on members.

Officer testing and work-area rules continue

Rules on psychological testing for correctional candidates continue through September 1, 2027. Expanded geographic work-area rules for certain police officers also continue through that date. The supplied provisions do not identify the testing standards or which police officers qualify.

Online criminal hearings carry consent safeguards

Until September 1, 2028, courts can hold specified criminal proceedings electronically, but not trials or grand jury presentations. Defendants under 18 cannot appear electronically; pleas, sentences, and evidence hearings require the defendant’s and prosecutor’s recorded consent. Electronic arraignments require a listed reason, such as medical treatment, an authorized plea, a transportation hazard, or the defendant’s request. Other proceedings can be electronic unless an objection and good cause support appearing in person. Defendants must have confidential access to counsel, and proceedings must stop and adjourn when a party requests it with good cause. Court rules must provide courthouse viewing for the public and a fair, penalty-free chance to choose an in-person arraignment.

Prison cameras and complaint channels expand

Starting 60 days after enactment, state correction officers and security supervisors must wear body cameras on duty and record listed events. The corrections commissioner can also require cameras for certain civilian staff directly supervising incarcerated people. Recordings generally must be kept at least 90 days, with confidentiality exceptions and special privacy, notice, access, and handling rules. Starting one year after enactment, the Commission of Correction must accept written complaints about any correctional facility online and by mail. Facilities must give incarcerated people both contact options in writing.

Prison release programs continue with cutoffs

Covered earned-eligibility, work-release, furlough, leave, and community-treatment provisions continue through September 1, 2027, alongside furlough absconding rules. The continued section 284 program provisions cover people entering by August 31, 2027; section thirteen excludes people committed after September 1, 2027. The 1994 work-release rule applies to entrants on or after its stated effective date, which the supplied text does not give. Earned-eligibility and community-treatment reports are due January 1 and July 1, including off-site treatment participants. Work-release, furlough, and leave application and approval reports are required twice yearly.

Psychiatric examiners can testify electronically

Until September 1, 2028, courts can allow electronic psychiatric-examiner testimony in specified Mental Hygiene Law proceedings for good cause. State employment at a secure treatment facility or another work location counts as good cause. Courts can still require an in-person appearance when compelling circumstances demand it.

Remote court and city settlement rules continue

Covered electronic court appearance rules in certain counties continue until September 1, 2027, when they expire. New York City's cited pre-criminal-proceeding settlement act continues until March 31, 2027, when it expires and is repealed. The supplied text does not identify covered counties, appearances, or settlement terms.

Sentencing and prison legal rules continue

Covered sentencing, correctional custody, prison and jail housing, and alternatives-to-incarceration provisions continue until September 1, 2027. The cited prisoner litigation reform act also continues until that date. The law also extends sections 382–384 of the cited 1992 act through that date. The supplied text does not explain those sections or the detailed effects of the continued rules.

State workplaces add violence-response policies

Every state agency must issue a workplace policy on gender-based violence and name at least one trained domestic violence liaison. Agencies must share policies and liaison details with the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, report changes, and provide requested assistance. Executive Chamber staff, supervisors, liaisons, and human resources employees must complete annual workplace training. The office must consult state agencies and designated groups to publish separate policy models for employers and executive agencies. Models must appear on the office, Labor Department, and Division of Human Rights websites; agencies must adopt model provisions as appropriate.

More construction options with labor requirements

Authorized state agencies can use design-build and construction manager as constructor contracts for eligible capital projects. Design-build generally requires projects of at least $5 million; transportation, parks, and environmental agency projects require $10 million. Construction manager contracts require at least $20 million. Projects costing at least $25 million require project labor agreements, unless federal officials prohibit or disapprove them on federal-aid projects. Projects below $25 million require a feasibility study before either method is used.

New bidding rules for state contractors

State agencies must select construction managers in two steps: review qualifications, then evaluate proposals. Alternative construction contracts can use best value, lump sums, capped cost-plus pricing, or combined pricing; cost-plus contracts require detailed records and state audits. Covered contractor lists must stay open, publish criteria, seek applications annually, include all qualifying contractors, and have at least five bidders. Outside the specified Infrastructure Investment Act lists, agencies with appropriate lists must award low-bid work to the lowest qualifying bidder. Covered proposals and contracts do not violate the named professional-practice law; public employees must review specified construction-manager certifications without reducing contractor liability.

Onondaga contractors face public scoring rules

For its authorized design-build project, Onondaga County must publicly seek qualifications, then request proposals from listed respondents. The county must select the responsible proposer offering best value and publish proposal scores. It must consider certified minority- and women-owned businesses and identified small businesses, to the extent federal law allows. Contracts can use lump-sum pricing or cost-plus pricing with a guaranteed maximum.

Onondaga wastewater contracts gain new options

Onondaga County can combine design and construction contracts for Oak Orchard wastewater plant work and needed system improvements within five miles. Projects must use a project labor agreement, and covered professional services require licensed professionals with stamps and seals where appropriate. Contracts must follow applicable minority- and women-owned business goals and federal business-participation rules when federally aided. Projects remain subject to state environmental review and federal review where applicable. Authority expires three years after the act takes effect, but phase-one and phase-two work with qualification requests already issued can continue.

City development tax rules change timing

One New York City property-tax rule applies retroactively to qualifying projects whose first building permit was issued after July 1, 2020. If no permit was required, the construction start date controls instead. Other specified state and city rules generally cover projects first permitted at least 90 days after the act takes effect. The same construction-start test applies when no permit is required. A limited exception removes that delay for specified rezoning projects with a designation-amending action filed with the mayor during the prior year.

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Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 67

Senate vote • 5/7/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 41 • No: 21

House vote • 5/7/2025

Assembly floor vote

Yes: 104 • No: 46

Actions Timeline

SIGNED CHAP.55
5/9/2025House
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
5/8/2025House
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
5/7/2025Senate
PASSED SENATE
5/7/2025Senate
3RD READING CAL.966
5/7/2025Senate
SUBSTITUTED FOR S3005C
5/7/2025Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE
5/7/2025Senate
DELIVERED TO SENATE
5/7/2025House
PASSED ASSEMBLY
5/7/2025House
MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
5/7/2025House
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.179
5/7/2025House
RULES REPORT CAL.179
5/7/2025House
REPORTED
5/7/2025House
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
5/7/2025House
PRINT NUMBER 3005C
5/6/2025House
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
5/6/2025House
PRINT NUMBER 3005B
3/10/2025House
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
3/10/2025House
PRINT NUMBER 3005A
2/21/2025House
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
2/21/2025House
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
1/22/2025House

Bill Text

Amendment C
5/6/2025
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Amendment B
3/10/2025
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Amendment A
2/21/2025
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Original
1/22/2025
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