New York S 4685: Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges

Status: VETOED MEMO.144 (as of 2025-12-19)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4685

Sponsors: Toby Ann Stavisky, Nathalia Fernandez, Pete Harckham, Robert Jackson, Samra Brouk

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S04685 Summary:

BILL NOS04685B

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SAME ASSAME AS A05979-B

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRBROUK, FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6306, Ed L

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Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.

Go to top S04685 Actions:

BILL NOS04685B

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.457

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/03/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4685A

04/24/2025PASSED SENATE

04/24/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/24/2025referred to higher education

05/27/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

05/27/2025returned to senate

05/27/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

05/27/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4685B

06/10/2025REPASSED SENATE

06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to ways and means

06/13/2025substituted for a5979b

06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.729

06/13/2025passed assembly

06/13/2025returned to senate

12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.144

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Go to topS04685 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:06/13/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 105/28Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

Yes &#8225

Lee 

No 

Peoples-Stokes 

Yes &#8225

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

Yes 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smullen 

No 

Bailey 

No 

Chang 

No 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

Yes 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

ER 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lunsford 

No 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes &#8225

Barrett 

Yes 

Clark 

No 

Giglio 

No 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

Yes 

Beephan 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Glick 

Yes &#8225

Magnarelli 

ER 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

No 

Bendett 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Maher 

No 

Ramos 

Yes 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Cook 

Yes 

Gray 

ER 

Mamdani 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

ER 

Berger 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Griffin 

Yes 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hawley 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

ER 

Taylor 

Yes 

Blankenbush 

ER 

Dais 

Yes 

Hevesi 

No &#8225

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

No 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Meeks 

ER 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

Yes 

Bores 

No 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Hyndman 

No 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jackson 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

DiPietro 

Yes 

Jensen 

No 

Molitor 

ER 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

No 

Durso 

Yes 

Jones 

Yes 

Morinello 

No 

Sempolinski 

ER 

Williams 

ER 

Brown EA 

No 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kassay 

No 

Norber 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

No 

Kay 

No 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Shimsky 

ER 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

ER 

Epstein 

Yes 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shrestha 

ER 

Yeger 

Yes 

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Simon 

ER 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

No 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lasher 

Yes 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simone 

ER 

Zinerman 

Yes 

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

No 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

ER 

Simpson 

ER 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

Go to topS04685 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4685--B
 Cal. No. 457

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
 tion -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
 second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- passed
 by Senate and deli

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