# New York S 8218: Relates to certain bonds issued to finance school rehabilitation or reconstruction costs for Rochester schools

New York S 8218, Relates to certain bonds issued to finance school rehabilitation or reconstruction costs for Rochester schools, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jeremy Cooney (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-11-21 (SIGNED CHAP.567) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 8218
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to certain bonds issued to finance school rehabilitation or reconstruction costs for Rochester schools
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-05-22
- Last action: 2025-11-21, SIGNED CHAP.567
- Sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: EDUCATION
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (222 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Rochester school refinancing savings face limits: cost, low. Effective immediately, savings from refinancing bonds for Rochester’s school modernization program can only fund projects eligible for state school aid. Officials cannot use those savings for unrelated purposes. This limits how officials use the money; it creates no direct household payment require…
- New Rochester school aid interest rules: mixed, low. Effective immediately, the law changes interest calculations for state aid for approved Rochester school rehabilitation and rebuilding projects. It covers financing through the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency or New York State Dormitory Authority. The calculation uses the lower of two d…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Samra Brouk (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-16 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 144 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 20 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 58 | 1 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2025-11-21: SIGNED CHAP.567 (Senate)
- 2025-11-17: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-16: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-16: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.839 (House)
- 2025-06-16: SUBSTITUTED FOR A8606 (House)
- 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (House)
- 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1918 (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-05-22: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8218)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8218)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S8218-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).