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Rights Legislation Tracker

Rights Legislation Tracker organizes records from LegiScan Pull and Bulk APIs into a static table for transparent comparison. It preserves official source links and dates, marks missing enrichment, and adds deterministic grouping, change, recency, trend, or significance fields only where the documented inputs support them, without recommendations or unsupported claims.

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12/02/2024–08/28/2026
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RecordRecord DateVuga GroupChange StatusRecency DaysPublic Significance Score
Revises proceedings to recover possession of premises located in a multiple dwelling; requires premises to be registered with the local agency responsible for code enforcement; requires petition shall be stated in plain language and include notice of the rights of the respondent and a statement of any outstanding code violations on the premises and whether rent payments from a public assistance office is being withheld therefor; provides civil penalties for willful misstatements on such petition.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the disclosure of automated employment decision-making tools; requires the office of information technology services to maintain an artificial intelligence inventory; provides that the use of artificial intelligence systems shall not affect the existing rights of employees pursuant to an existing collective bargaining agreement, or the existing representational relationships among employee organizations or the bargaining relationships between the employer and an employee organization.02/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged562.080
Relates to certain duties and responsibilities of cemetery corporations; requires disclosure of the dimensions of spacing between plots, lots, or parts thereof; provides for the filing of consumer complaints.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.02/04/2026unclassifiedunchanged207.080
Establishes a nonpartisan poll monitoring program.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides that the contact information for the department of corrections and community supervision and the office of victim assistance shall be provided to crime victims.02/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged562.080
Provides that a court may require that a new election be held when there is clear and convincing evidence that the wrong candidate was determined to be the winner.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears; provides that all shelter arrears payments authorized for applicants to receive an emergency grant to pay for rent, property taxes or mortgage arrears shall be limited to once every year unless the district determines at its discretion that additional shelter arrears payments are necessary based on the individual circumstances.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides that certain communications made without malice regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination shall be deemed privileged; provides that a prevailing defendant in an action brought against such defendant for making a communication that is privileged shall be entitled to attorney's fees and costs for such defense.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
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.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker; promotes work zone safety awareness; establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Defines "model management group"; provides for the registration process for model management groups; provides for exemption from registration requirements for model management companies and groups.02/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged566.080
Relates to the regulation and licensing of employer-integrated and non-verified on-demand pay providers.02/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged206.080
Relates to designating blighted property and blighted areas; establishes criteria for designation; provides definition of blighted property and blighted areas; amends definition of substandard or insanitary area by removing the words "slum" and "deteriorated or deteriorating".01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Prohibits landlords from including incorrect information relating to rent decontrol in certain leases and renewals thereof; imposes a violation punishable by a fine of $1000 for a violation by a landlord; requires the standardization of certain notices pertaining to units subject to the Affordable New York Housing Program.06/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged446.080
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.01/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged599.080
Enacts the "trapped at work act"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes.12/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged254.080
Relates to port authority organization, appearance and notice; establishes the port authority transportation advisory committee.06/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged446.080
Relates to the application of New York state's human rights law to employees who work outside of the state of New York, if their employer maintains a physical address within New York state.05/20/2026unclassifiedunchanged102.080
Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills; establishes career ladders for persons holding such positions; establishes supervisory positions for persons required to have foreign language skills.02/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged201.080
Relates to the imposition of penalties and remedies in suits brought for the vindication of civil rights or human rights.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Legalizes adult possession and use of certain natural plant or fungus-based hallucinogens; grants certain protections for individuals lawfully using such hallucinogens; removes such hallucinogens from the list of schedule I controlled substances; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "New York artificial intelligence consumer protection act", in relation to preventing the use of artificial intelligence algorithms to discriminate against protected classes.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Regulates the issuance of pet insurance policies covering veterinary expenses.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the diversity in investment act requiring certain venture capital companies to report diversity information about its funding determinations; requires reports to be published on the venture capital companies' websites; establishes penalties for failure to complete and publish such reports.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Directs the social services district to take no action to establish paternity or a child support order when the applicant or recipient for aid to dependent children has established good cause to refuse to cooperate.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Addresses the financial, health care, educational, and workforce needs of disabled veterans and their families by providing tax relief, expanding health care access, enhancing education benefits, and improving workforce protections.05/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged109.080
Relating to the holding or acquisition of an interest in real property by or on behalf of certain foreign individuals or entities; establishing an agricultural intelligence office; creating a criminal offense.04/28/2025unclassifiedunchanged489.080
Provides that no provision of section eighty of the civil service law shall modify, replace or supersede any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for greater rights than required by such section.09/05/2025unclassifiedunchanged359.080
Relates to the use of automated lending decision-making tools by banks for the purposes of making lending decisions; allows loan applicants to consent to or opt out of such use.04/30/2026unclassifiedunchanged122.080
Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions.12/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged254.080
Establishes unpaid leave of absence as a reasonable accommodation under the state's human rights law.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Housing development: density bonuses.10/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged324.080
Patient visitation.02/02/2026unclassifiedunchanged209.080
Enacts the "the empire state enhanced public payment system act" directing the department of financial services to develop, establish, and maintain a value storage and payment platform consisting of a digital master account and coordinate a system of individual wallets that enable payments to move between such individual wallets or payment accounts for use of New York residents.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.12/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged254.080
Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or assignee of the leased premises to demand that an escrow account be opened.10/16/2025unclassifiedunchanged318.080
Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.05/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged109.080
Relates to vested rights of property owners relating to the development of their land in the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester; requires notice by applicant to property owners within 250 feet of land development application; provides for the repeal of such provisions six years after they take effect.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes the reimaging excess New York state property act; provides the reimaging excess New York state property authority shall purchase any abandoned, surplus or otherwise unused state-owned real property and reconstruct, renovate, replace, maintain, repair, enlarge, extend, operate, lease, as lessee or lessor, and/or regulate the repurposing of such properties.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Provides that no state or local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, property, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national or ethnic origin.01/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged599.080
Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.03/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged178.080
Enacts the "parental involvement leave act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 24 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during non-work hours; defines "employer" as any person or entity employing any individual in any occupation, industry, trade or business or service including any of the following: a state agency, office or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization; makes related provisions.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the right of public employees and employee organizations to strike; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually.05/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged117.080
Requires the office of mental health to provide an informational notice to supportive housing tenants which contains information about a supportive housing tenant's rights as a tenant, information about their building and other related information.03/06/2026unclassifiedunchanged177.080
Prevents certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Directs the department of economic development to move the central New York welcome center to the equal rights heritage center in the city of Auburn; directs the department of economic development to enter into a contract with the city of Auburn for the operation of such welcome center.03/16/2026unclassifiedunchanged167.080
Establishes the New York title guaranty program to provide title insurance for real property within the state; establishes the New York title guaranty corporation to implement the New York title guaranty program.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080