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Emerita Torres

State Assemblymember · New York Assembly District 85

Bills introduced (34)

NYA11710Introduced

Requires notice of applications for major capital improvement rent increases to include a statement on the first page explaining in plain language the tenant's right to answer or reply and how a tenant may request an extension of time to submit such answer or reply.

referred to housing · September 16, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NYA11593Introduced

Includes the attacks on September 11, 2001 in courses of instruction in patriotism and citizenship.

referred to education · June 5, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NYA09349Engrossed

Prohibits the use of surveillance pricing, directly or indirectly; prohibits the collection, use, retention, or sharing of data to facilitate surveillance pricing; provides exceptions; provides for enforcement by the attorney general; makes related provisions.

RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · June 4, 2026

Yes 100No 42Other 8
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NYA09026Engrossed

Enacts the "Baby Food and Infant Formula Safety and Transparency Act"; requires the testing of baby food and infant formula for toxic heavy metals and the disclosure of such test results.

RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · June 3, 2026

Yes 60No 1Other 2
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NYA09016Introduced

Requires property/casualty insurance companies to submit certain zip code-level data to the department of financial services on nonrenewal rates, nonpayment cancellation rates, other cancellation rates, claim frequency rates, average claim amounts, paid loss ratios, and average premiums; requires property/casualty insurance companies that use a natural disaster risk model or scoring method to assign risk, information about such model or scoring method; authorizes a premium discount to policyholders of homeowners insurance or property/casualty insurance applicable to residential real property who demonstrate certain mitigation actions; requires insurers to post about such discounts on their public websites; relates to the timing of cancellation and nonrenewal notices for certain insurance policies; relates to increasing membership of the board governing the New York property insurance underwriting association; requires a quadrennial report on the activities of such association; increases such board membership to 23 including 6 directors appointed by the legislature and 4 directors appointed by the governor.

print number 9016d · June 1, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NYA09642Introduced

Requires the registration of data brokers; imposes regulations upon data brokers; establishes a data deletion mechanism for consumers; imposes penalties upon data brokers for violations of the law.

print number 9642a · June 1, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NYA09588Engrossed

Prohibits certain financial institutions from charging a fee for making monthly, semi-monthly, and biweekly payments or for changing the frequency of mortgage payments.

RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · May 29, 2026

Yes 38No 20Other 5
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NYA10607Introduced

Prevents an increase in vehicular lane capacity of highways within two hundred feet of certain public housing facilities, in areas with high rates of asthma, and in environmental justice communities.

print number 10607b · May 26, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NYA08901Introduced

Requires the community gardens task force to conduct an assessment of all community gardens located on publicly owned land in the state to facilitate each garden's designation as a critical environmental area.

substituted by s5159a · May 20, 2026

Yes 27No 0Other 4
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NYA09348Introduced

Prohibits online retailers from basing reference prices on the hardware, software, or geolocation of an online device.

print number 9348a · May 12, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NYA11283Introduced

Prohibits payment card networks from assessing penalties against small businesses or financial intermediaries who fail to comply with the credit card surcharge notice requirement; declares any clause of a contract, agreement, or arrangement in violation of such provision void.

referred to consumer affairs and protection · May 6, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NYA11244Introduced

Requires an annual report on the New York state college choice tuition savings program to be delivered to the governor and the legislature and posted on the comptroller's website and the translation of vital documents in the most common non-English languages.

referred to higher education · May 1, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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Showing the 12 most recently active.

Recent votes

BillVote onVote
S08681

Exempts the Cody Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. within the town of Granby, Oswego county, from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S08378

Requires that land formerly used as an armory which was conveyed to the town of Riverhead, county of Suffolk by the state in 2011, to be leased to the YMCA of Long Island for the provision of recreational and educational programs.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S04325

Authorizes Powell House, in the village of Farmingdale, county of Nassau, to apply for and receive a retroactive property tax exemption with respect to the 2024-2025 school tax assessment rolls and the 2025 general tax assessment roll.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S08861

Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Petersburg, county of Rensselaer, to Robert Bornt.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09326

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Babylon to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Tiegerman Community Services, Inc.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S03822

Makes conforming changes reflecting the previously authorized scope of practice of nurse practitioners; adds nurse practitioners as persons who can authorize or make certain determinations authorized to be made or determined by physicians.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
A05655

Establishes the mobile and manufactured home replacement program to eliminate older mobile and manufactured homes and replace them with new manufactured, modular or site-built homes; makes related provisions.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A08192

Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts, including art and artifacts created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives, which were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such information.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A11555

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to a widow or widower or the children of a deceased member of the state and local retirement system.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A02631

Provides additional tax exemptions on qualifying residential real property where two or more qualified veterans live in the same household.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09027

Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax not exceeding five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
A05404

Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan program regarding qualifying water improvements, qualifying resiliency improvements and, in a city with a population of one million or more, the use of low carbon intensity building components.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A11077

Designates a portion of the state highway system in the hamlet of Uniondale to Jomani Wright.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A11538

Extends the expansion of eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia for an additional four years.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S10001

Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises at 22 N Main Street in the village of Florida, county of Orange.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09057

Adds the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad scenic byway into the state scenic byways system.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09327

Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Sergeant Gregory L. Wahl.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S10244

Relates to the use of certain moneys received by the West Babylon Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and modernization of certain gendered language.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S06047

Permits the town of Monroe to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09586

Prohibits the operation of NYC transit authority subways or trains without at least one conductor on board except where it is currently permissible.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09990

Authorizes licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation statewide between June 11 and July 20, 2026.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
A08484

Directs the commissioner of veterans' services to establish a registry of self-identifying service members, veterans and family members of such individuals who may have experienced exposure to a hazardous substance at a military installation and to establish and maintain a public information program in order to educate and inform service members, veterans, and their families.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09447

Authorizes the village of Briarcliff Manor to provide that the positions of village treasurer, deputy village treasurer, village clerk, deputy clerk and building inspector may be held by residents of Westchester county, or an adjoining county within the state of New York.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A11558

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09983

Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer with the village of Allegany.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
A11552

Increases the distribution of revenue from extending the authorization for the hotel and motel taxes in Suffolk county; provides for the support of a not-for-profit organization that manages and owns the first lighthouse built in New York, a national register of historic places site in Suffolk county that has been named a national historic landmark and is a New York state historic site.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S08841

Directs the department of taxation and finance to include an opportunity on certain personal income tax forms for individuals to provide written consent to be added to the donate life registry; makes related provisions.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09969

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix, county of Schuyler, to be a nonresident of such town.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09062

Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09862

Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax at a rate of five percent.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S01327

Relates to establishing minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customers; requires the public service commission to set standards for payment plans for certain customers including reasonableness of agreements and timelines for payment; establishes eligibility.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S08167

Grants retroactive Tier IV membership in the New York city teachers' retirement system to certain employees employed by the city of Yonkers parks department for the period beginning in 2009 and ending in 2014.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S10384

Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route nine-W within the town of Bethlehem, at the town line bordering the city of Albany until its intersection with Moriah road, to Patrick LaFortune Jr.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S02459

Relates to voting by members of the New York state authorities control board.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S06020

Requires the director of the division of minority and women's business development in the department of economic development to give additional time for a business enterprise to cure defects in its application for certification or correct defects when a certification is denied, revoked, or changed.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09250

Authorizes Janay Gasparini, a part-time police officer, with the town of New Paltz police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the town of New Paltz.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S04155

Requires contracting agencies to contact minority and women-owned business enterprises when such enterprise is listed on a utilization plan and when a contract is awarded; mandates that the prime contractor use such enterprise identified on the utilization plan, unless such enterprise cannot perform or is no longer state certified.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A10941

Authorizes John Raftery to take the competitive civil service exam for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Shawangunk.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09108

Authorizes the town of Niagara to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and to convey such parklands to David Gaines.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S10295

Authorizes the village of New Hyde Park to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a portion of the 2024-2025 assessment rolls and all of the 2025 general taxes.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09907

Requires New York city marshals to complete an electronic filing within one business day of service of a notice of eviction.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09977

Relates to the Islip Terrace Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association; makes technical amendments to the chapter incorporating such association.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S10564

Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Yonkers; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2031.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A07603

Provides additional support to children with complex needs under the jurisdiction of the state; requires data collection regarding children under the jurisdiction of the state.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09949

Dedicates bridge number 1019119 on state route one hundred ten in the town of Babylon, county of Suffolk, to Detective Stephen J. Mullen.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S07762

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Ministerios Sion, Inc. for all of the 2024 general taxes and all of the 2023-2024 school taxes.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
A05881

Designates the fifty-sixth assembly district encompassing community board 3 and community board 8 a cease and desist zone; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09864

Permits the town of Palm Tree to establish a demonstration program and install and operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices; relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the town of Palm Tree.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S08953

Establishes the Clarence Center Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association; provides for eligibility of membership, purpose, powers and duties, organization meeting and by-laws, the control and disposal of funds and property and the precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S10113

Provides that a microbusiness licensee authorized to conduct retail sales may serve as a processor and cultivator for purposes of cannabis showcase event permits.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09728

Requires one caregiver for every two children under eighteen months of age in group family day care homes and family day care homes.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S10396

Provides that the Oswego city school district may establish an insurance reserve fund.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S07158

Authorizes the renewal of the WSKG lease for such land, tower and associated utility lines to the Tioga county emergency services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department for a period of ten years.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes
S09617

Authorizes funding to local government entities from the urban development corporation through the electric generation facility cessation mitigation fund for an additional five years.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09190

Authorizes an optional 20-year retirement plan for traffic officers employed by the town of Elmira, who submit an application therefor within one year of the effective date of such provisions, or within one year of start of employment.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S08609

Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act" relating to increasing the age of victims of the patronizing, promoting, and compelling of prostitution.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S09989

Authorizes the Tovas Dovid Community Kollel, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 assessment rolls and all of the 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school taxes.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S07604

Authorizes the town of Smithtown assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Tiegerman Community Services, Inc. for the 2023-2024 assessment rolls.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
S10526

Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Monroe county.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 5, 2026

Yes
A11559

Increases the authorization of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ("DASNY"), as successor to the New York State Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency ("MCFFA") pursuant to the Health Care Financing Consolidation Act of 1995, to issue hospital and nursing home project bonds and notes from $20 billion to $21.8 billion.

Assembly · Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage

June 4, 2026

Yes