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NEWSBAYHUMAN RIGHTS · SOCIAL JUSTICE

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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5,000
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Coverage
12/02/2024–08/28/2026
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RecordRecord DateVuga GroupChange StatusRecency DaysPublic Significance Score
Honoring Chrissy Grigoropoulos-Peleytay, Esq. upon the occasion of her designation for special recognition at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visionary Awards Gala on March 22, 202603/04/2026unclassifiedunchanged179.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 20, 2026, as Day of Social Justice in the State of New York03/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged178.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2026, as Women s History Month in the State of New York03/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged178.080
Enacts the "New York property rehabilitation protection act" to provide protection against the use of assignment of benefit agreements by rehabilitation contractors in a fraudulent manner.05/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged104.080
Memorializing the Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 10, 2026, as International Day of Women Judges in the State of New York03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 20, 2026, as Colombian Independence Day in the State of New York, on the 216th Anniversary of Colombian Independence03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Celebrating the courage and bravery of New York State's Korean War Veterans and recognizing the men and women who served with dignity and honor during this historic time period03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Recognizing Tuesday, March 10, 2026, as Harriet Tubman Day03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Relative to Nowruz.03/26/2026unclassifiedunchanged157.080
Afghan American Heritage Month.04/17/2026unclassifiedunchanged135.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 7-14, 2026, as Court Reporting and Captioning Week in the State of New York03/09/2026unclassifiedunchanged174.080
Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to enter into agreements or easements for the sole purpose of interconnection of renewable energy installations across reforestation areas where such installations are located outside such reforestation areas; provides that such agreements or easements shall not interfere with the operation of such reforestation areas for the purposes for which they were acquired.04/01/2026unclassifiedunchanged151.080
Establishes a bill of rights for the unhoused; provides that no person shall be denied certain rights because of a state of homelessness nor shall such persons be harassed, cited, fined, or arrested by law enforcement, security personnel, public employees, or private citizens for the exercise of certain rights; describes rights; provides for a bill of benefits of the unhoused for the free provision of a postal address and the right to juridical services to ensure protection from the violation of their protected rights; requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to create a pamphlet of such rights; makes related provisions.03/06/2026unclassifiedunchanged177.080
Clarifies that employment at any licensee under the cannabis law satisfies employment requirements for parole, probation or other state supervision unless the terms and conditions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohibit such employment.03/06/2026unclassifiedunchanged177.080
Establishes the "public civil rights accountability act" in relation to requiring civil rights compliance certification and training for public employees.03/06/2026unclassifiedunchanged177.080
Requires the definition of "minority" to include "people with disabilities" pursuant to the Human Rights law in order for such people with disabilities to be eligible for state contract set asides.03/06/2026unclassifiedunchanged177.080
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.04/23/2026unclassifiedunchanged129.080
Establishes a pilot program to implement a unified administrative platform for the authorization, coordination, monitoring, and payment of non-emergency medical transportation services.03/09/2026unclassifiedunchanged174.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 09-13, 2026, as Civic Learning Week in the State of New York03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Mourning the death of Willie Colon, pioneering trombonist, composer, vocalist, and cultural icon03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Congratulating the 2026 New York State Senate Women of Distinction03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Enacts the "stopping abuse and fraud enabled by (SAFE) platforms act"; requires a mechanism for users to report fraudulent content; prohibits platforms recommending, promoting, curating, prioritizing, or displaying fraudulent content for delivery to a user if it knows or has reason to know that the content is fraudulent.03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Memorializing the Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 10, 2026, as International Day of Women Judges in the State of New York03/11/2026unclassifiedunchanged172.080
Relative to the Armenian Genocide.04/20/2026unclassifiedunchanged132.080
Relates to protecting family relationships to ensure that family ties are not severed unnecessarily or counter to children's best interests.03/11/2026unclassifiedunchanged172.080
Relative to César Chávez Day.03/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged164.080
Establishes the New York state pre-paid tuition plan by which a person may contribute to an account for the pre-payment of college tuition, tax free.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Authorizes certain municipalities to participate in a community-wide energy aggregation program where they can request bids, select an energy service provider, install energy efficiency measures and develop local renewable energy facilities to provide electric and/or gas supply services, including gas efficiency and renewable heating technologies to participating customers.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Enacts the "stopping abuse and fraud enabled by (SAFE) platforms act"; requires a mechanism for users to report fraudulent content; prohibits platforms recommending, promoting, curating, prioritizing, or displaying fraudulent content for delivery to a user if it knows or has reason to know that the content is fraudulent.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Prohibits the location of homeless shelters within five hundred feet of a school, place of worship or transit facility; provides an exception for a shelter program or food program operated by a place of worship.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Authorizes the county of Erie to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Nicholas Cervoni, Thomas Makin, and Sarah Murphy, deputy sheriffs employed by such county.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Grants retroactive tier V membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Marca McClenon.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Enacts the "affordable clean energy (ACE) act"; exempts renewable energy systems from certain requirements related to energy facilities (Part A); directs the New York power authority to propose a minimum of two priority transmission projects to address the areas of highest need on the bulk transmission system (Part B); exempts payment in lieu of taxes revenue from property tax cap calculations (Part C).03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Establishes a New York state prison labor board to ensure that all labor programs comply with the requirements of the labor law and are for the purpose of promoting successful rehabilitation, reentry and reintegration into the community and not for the purpose of earnings or cost-savings which inure to the benefit the state or any private individual or corporation; prohibits the department of corrections and community supervision from unfairly attaching, garnishing or disbursing the funds of incarcerated individuals where such individuals have not requested disbursement; requires that all interest accumulated on incarcerated individuals' funds be credited to such individual's accounts; eliminates the preferred status of the department of corrections and community supervision regarding commodities and services furnished by the correctional industries program; repeals certain provisions of the state finance law relating to such preferred status.03/13/2026unclassifiedunchanged170.080
Provides for the accessibility of consumer financial data; prohibits fees for the transfer of such data to authorized parties.03/17/2026unclassifiedunchanged166.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2026, as Women's History Month in the State of New York03/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged165.080
Relative to Cinco de Mayo Week.05/04/2026unclassifiedunchanged118.080
Relative to Harvey Milk Day.03/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged164.080
Commemorating the 115th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on March 25, 202603/24/2026unclassifiedunchanged159.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 4th, 2026, as Transit Equity Day in the State of New York03/24/2026unclassifiedunchanged159.080
Prohibits landlords or their agents from inquiring or requiring disclosure about citizenship or immigration status, requiring specific immigration documentation to be presented, disclosing immigration or citizenship status to third parties, or threatening to report a tenant's citizenship or immigration status in retaliation for asserting their rights.03/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged165.080
Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Legal Aid Society of New York03/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged165.080
Directs the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the New York state bridge authority, thruway authority, triborough bridge and tunnel authority, metropolitan transportation authority, and port authority of New York and New Jersey, shall conduct a statewide study and review of the tolling authorities' regulations and policies in relation to cashless tolling and tolls by mail collection (Part A); provides that no fine, fee or administrative charge for the late payment of a toll shall exceed ten per centum of the amount of such toll owed or be accessed within one hundred eighty days from the date of the incurred toll (Part B); requires the department of transportation, in consultation and cooperation with the New York state thruway authority, the New York state bridge authority, the metropolitan transportation authority, and the Port authority of New York and New Jersey, maintain a central website with the contact information for each authority's relevant toll payer advocate office and customer service center including phone numbers, email addresses and a website address or hyperlink for each authority's toll payer advocate help request form (Part C); establishes a cashless tolling amnesty program for certain public authorities (Part D).03/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged165.080
Provides additional support to medically fragile children who rely on community-based or home health services.03/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged165.080
Enacts the "End the Toll Trap: Real Relief for Drivers Act" to address excess administrative costs incurred by public authorities for the collection of toll payments and to ensure repeat toll evaders pay such costs; creates the New York and New Jersey toll and fees reduction task force to examine and evaluate the efficacy of current payment processing procedures and systems, and to provide recommendations to increase efficacy and reduce tolls and administrative fees.03/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged165.080
Dissolves the Clifton-Fine health care corporation and transfers any remaining records, property, rights, titles, and interest to the Clifton-Fine health care corporation d/b/a Clifton-Fine hospital, a New York not-for-profit corporation and its successors or assigns.03/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged164.080
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 19-25, 2026, as Crime Victims' Rights Week in the State of New York03/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged164.080
Implements a students' bill of rights for city university of New York institutions to guarantee certain rights to students at such institutions.03/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged164.080