Sean Ryan
State Senator · New York Senate District 61
Bills introduced (60)
Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters.
VETOED MEMO.110 · December 12, 2025
Enacts the "New York land-home property act"; relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property.
SIGNED CHAP.636 · December 12, 2025
Relates to orders of protection in child abuse and neglect proceedings in family court.
SIGNED CHAP.572 · November 21, 2025
Designates the Scajaquada heritage area as a state designated heritage area.
SIGNED CHAP.426 · September 26, 2025
Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before June 30, 2026.
SIGNED CHAP.149 · June 18, 2025
Adds employee-owned enterprises and worker cooperatives to the list of preferred contractors for public contracts in the state; authorizes such enterprises and cooperatives to make certain purchases from centralized contracts for commodities, subject to conditions of the office of general services; authorizes the comptroller to conduct certain audits of employee-owned enterprises and worker cooperatives.
COMMITTED TO RULES · June 13, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesEnacts "the construction reporting pay act"; provides that each laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ of a contractor who by request or permission of an employer reports for work on any day shall be paid no less than four hours at the prevailing rate of wages.
COMMITTED TO RULES · June 13, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesProvides alternative retirement benefits for the police force at Erie County Medical Center; provides a qualifying member shall receive a retirement allowance consisting of a pension equal to one-fiftieth of their final average salary for each year of qualifying creditable service.
SUBSTITUTED BY A7861 · June 12, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesRequires the state liquor authority to provide notice to state legislative representatives upon receipt of an application for a liquor license in their district.
referred to economic development · June 12, 2025
Reduces tuition rates of out of state Olympic athletes who represented Team USA.
SUBSTITUTED BY A761C · June 12, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesExtends the reporting deadline of the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026; extends for one year the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises which is tasked with reporting and making recommendations on how best to support such businesses and promote the formation and growth of new employee-owned enterprises in New York state.
SUBSTITUTED BY A8411 · June 12, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAuthorizes the discontinuance of certain parklands in the town of Amherst, county of Erie for lease to Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, LLC d/b/a Verizon Wireless for the placement and operation of a wireless communications tower.
SUBSTITUTED BY A4030A · June 11, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesShowing the 12 most recently active.
Recent votes
| Bill | Vote on | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| S08118 Prohibits utility service terminations in multiple dwellings; authorizes utility companies or municipalities to commence an action against the owner of the premises affected to seek the appointment of a receiver of rents or payments for use and occupancy or common charges. | Senate · Senate Judiciary Committee Vote May 28, 2025 | Yes |
| S07491 Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations and states who may bring such actions; grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions. | Senate · Senate Judiciary Committee Vote May 20, 2025 | Yes |
| S06263 Requires out-of-state affordable housing owners to maintain an escrow account for the purpose of financing utility costs, property tax obligations, fire services, and regular maintenance costs for affordable housing rental units located in New York state. | Senate · Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote May 12, 2025 | Yes |
| S05990 Relates to mandatory employer disclosures regarding employee compensation and benefits, including any non-salary or non-wage compensation and benefits. | Senate · Senate Labor Committee Vote May 20, 2025 | Yes |
| S07131 Establishes standards for the design and construction of all-gender bathrooms in the state and in New York city; provides standards will be permitted in both new construction and existing structures undergoing repair, renovation, or alteration work. | Senate · Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote April 28, 2025 | Yes |
| S04099 Provides that no landlord shall deny access to a licensed professional engineer or licensed registered architect hired by any tenant or tenant association representing tenants of a multiple dwelling of six units or more for the purpose of conducting an inspection of a major capital improvement for which an application for a maximum rent adjustment has been filed by the landlord; provides that such inspection shall be conducted after notice to the landlord and during normal business hours; provides for the filing of such inspection report by such tenants with the New York city rent agency or the state division of housing and community renewal for consideration in such application's determination. | Senate · Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote March 3, 2025 | Yes |
| S04479 Requires the workers' compensation board and the department of labor to publish lists of debarred entities as open data; directs the office of general services to maintain and publish such lists on their website. | Senate · Senate Labor Committee Vote May 14, 2025 | Yes |
| S05623 Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits. | Senate · Senate Labor Committee Vote May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S03208 Repeals provisions relating to the establishment of maximum base rents using the maximum gross building rental formula. | Senate · Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote February 3, 2025 | Yes |
| S02596 Relates to an individual's right to request a hearing regarding an unemployment insurance benefits claim; provides such a hearing can be requested if benefits or a written notice of determination denying their claim are not received within thirty days of providing all required information. | Senate · Senate Labor Committee Vote April 8, 2025 | Yes |
| S06376 Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing. | Senate · Senate Labor Committee Vote May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S03758 Expands definition of eligible senior citizen and disabled person to include any member of the tenant's household lawfully occupying the premises as such person's residence who is 62 years of age with respect to condominium and cooperative conversion to provide protection to disabled and senior citizen non-purchasing residents of buildings that undergo cooperative or condominium conversions under an eviction plan even where such residents are not tenants of record in the buildings. | Senate · Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote May 12, 2025 | Yes |
| S01461 Extends the answer time when a major capital improvement rent increase has been filed to ninety days. | Senate · Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote March 3, 2025 | Yes |
| S02076 Requires that notice of initial determinations for unemployment benefits be provided to claimants within 30 days of such claimant furnishing all necessary documentation, and if the commissioner is unable to issue a determination within such time frame they shall inform the claimant of the new estimated time frame for the issuance of a determination. | Senate · Senate Labor Committee Vote April 8, 2025 | Yes |
| S02706 Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage June 10, 2025 | Yes |
| A06521 Extends the period during which the county of Herkimer is authorized to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes to November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06232 Extends the period during which the county of Orleans is authorized to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07375 Extends the authorization of the city of New Rochelle to impose an additional sales and compensating use tax until December 31, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A03104 Extends the authorization of the county of Onondaga to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes from November 30, 2025 until November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A04315 Extends the hotel and motel tax in the town of Woodbury an additional two years. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07372 Extends the occupancy tax in the village of Tuckahoe until September 1, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A03424 Extends the authorization granted to the county of Franklin to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07406 Extends the village of Rye Brook occupancy tax until September 1, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07821 Extends the authorization for an additional sales tax in Cortland county. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06865 Extends the authorization granted to the county of Clinton to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A05244 Extends the effectiveness of an occupancy tax in the town of DeWitt to September 1, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07373 Extends the village of Port Chester occupancy tax until December 31, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06200 Extends the effectiveness of the occupancy tax in the village of Harrison until September 1, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07044 Relates to the imposition of sales and compensating use tax in Schenectady county; extends such authority until November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07378 Extends the village of Mamaroneck occupancy tax for two years to 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06223 Extends the authority of the county of Ulster to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax by two years. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A05445 Extends the village of Woodbury's authority to impose a hotel and motel tax for two additional years. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07374 Extends the effectiveness of the occupancy tax in the town of North Castle to 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06531 Extends authorization of the county of Herkimer to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property to 12/01/2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06427 Extends the county of Westchester's additional one percent rate of sales and compensating use tax until November 30th, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A07753 Extends the imposition of additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes by Erie county to November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06433 Extends the provisions authorizing the town of Greenburgh and specified villages in the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant to adopt a local law to impose a hotel/motel occupancy tax. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| A06220 Extends the authorization of the town of Mount Pleasant to adopt a local law to impose a hotel/motel occupancy tax for hotels not located in a village to September 1, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S05773 Extends authorization to impose certain taxes in the county of Sullivan. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S04495 Extends the village of Goshen's authority to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent for an additional two years. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S01691 Extends the authorization for Otsego county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S04858 Extends authorization for the county of Lewis to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S06277 Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage June 13, 2025 | Yes |
| S03285 Creates a department of health education and outreach program on reproductive health services for consumers, patients, educators, and health care providers related to reproductive health services available in New York state including, but not limited to: access to family planning services such as contraceptives and pregnancy testing, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections; makes related provisions. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage June 13, 2025 | Yes |
| S05984 Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Weedsport to 12/31/2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S03625 Extends the authorization for additional sales and use tax for Schoharie county. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S06213 Extends the authorization for imposition of additional sales and compensating use taxes in Greene county. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S06207 Authorizes the county of Jefferson to impose additional sales tax until November 30th, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S06212 Extends the authorization of the county of Greene to impose an additional mortgage recording tax. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S06267 Extends the authorization of the county of Delaware to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S06843 Extends the authority of the county of Nassau to impose hotel and motel taxes; extends the expiration of certain provisions relating to a surcharge on tickets to places of entertainment in such county, a charge for copying and searching for police accident reports, and receipt of service charges by the Nassau county traffic and parking violations agency; extends the authority of Nassau County to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes and local government assistance programs in Nassau County. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S03495 Extends provisions relating to the mortgage tax in the county of Steuben until December 1, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S07294 Extends the authorization of the county of Rensselaer to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S03494 Extends the authorization of the county of Yates to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes through November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S03330 Provides that receipts from other services and other business receipts, taxpayers, and combined groups including members, engaged in providing professional employer organization services shall include with such receipts amounts received with respect to wages, benefits, and other employee expenses disbursed to or for the benefit of a client's worksite employees and the related employment taxes if the amounts received are included in the calculation of the business income base or the combined business income base, respectively. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage June 12, 2025 | Yes |
| S07714 Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices; requires such informational pamphlet to be available on the department of health's website; requires practitioners to distribute such informational pamphlet to patients seeking contraceptives. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage June 12, 2025 | Yes |
| S07128 Extends certain provisions authorizing the county of Hamilton to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by mortgages on real property to December 1, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |
| S07157 Authorizes an additional $125 million for Phase 3 of the Rochester school facilities modernization program; extends phase 3 of the Rochester school facilities modernization program to 2033. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage June 12, 2025 | Yes |
| S02618 Creates the jockey health insurance reserve fund for the payment of premiums not yet paid; provides for the return of funds if such reserve fund becomes no longer necessary. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage June 12, 2025 | Yes |
| S06755 Extends the expiration of the provisions authorizing the county of Cattaraugus to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2027. | Senate · Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage May 27, 2025 | Yes |