Brian Kavanagh · Voting Record

Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to D'Youville Housing Association LLC for the construction of facilities

Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices

Authorizes the city school district of the city of Salamanca to establish a reserve fund for federal impact aid in the event such aid is reduced

Prohibits the participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts

Prohibits restrictions on insurance policies based on the policyholder harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds

Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats

Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers

Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

Relates to the inspection of certain vacated property for abandoned animals

Relates to the penalty for the abandonment of animals

Relates to the sentencing for the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals

Relates to an individual's right to request a hearing regarding an unemployment insurance benefits claim

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

Adds animal fighting to the definition of criminal activity for purposes of enterprise corruption crimes

Relates to qualifications for holding the office of correction officer in the county of Montgomery

Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care

Requires chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium

Relates to microchipping of certain animals possessed by animal protective associations and rescue organizations

Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products

Exempts the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members

Permits multiple transfers of low-income housing tax credits

Relates to requiring property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation

Establishes the crimes of sex trafficking of a vulnerable person and predatory sex trafficking

Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month"

Requires accurate interpretation of statements made by deponents with limited English proficiency in accusatory instruments and supporting depositions

Enacts the "city of Buffalo historic preservation receivership act"

Relates to designating the month of May "Korean American Family Month"

Provides for including siblings of parents and children of siblings in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members

Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products

Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board

Requires out-of-state affordable housing owners to maintain an escrow account for affordable housing rental units located in New York state

Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness and increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients

Relates to transferring the village of Potsdam housing authority to the village of Canton housing authority; repealer

Relates to the terms of office of commissioners of elections

Expands the applicability of the assessment exemption for living quarters for parent or grandparent

Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed

Relates to the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2026-2027 budget, authorizing certain payments and transfers

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2026 through May 6, 2026

Relates to establishing minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customers

Authorizes the use of closed-circuit television for vulnerable sexual assault witnesses

Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school

Relates to compliance by New York city marshals with filing requirement regarding service of a notice of eviction

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services

Establishes the crime of benefiting from a sex trafficking venture; creates a civil action relating thereto; and revives certain civil actions relating thereto

Relates to pre-trip safety checks for charter buses

Extends the urban deer management pilot program

Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2026 through May 4, 2026

Provides for the implementation of certain parts of the state fiscal plan for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year

Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

Relates to article 78 judgments regarding disability pension determinations

Relates to reporting requirements of SUNY and CUNY

Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages

Relates to the impact of hospital closures on healthcare access in the state

Relates to the completion of training requirements for sheriffs and undersheriffs

Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year

Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr.

Requires health insurance policies to include coverage for doula services as required coverage for maternity care

Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase

Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure

Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes