New York S 8578: Establishes "Jeremiah's Law"

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S08578 Summary:

BILL NOS08578 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09346

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Various Laws, generally

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Incorporates the city of Staten Island; enacts a city charter; provides for all necessary technical changes for the establishment of such city; provides for a transition period prior to such establishment.

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BILL NOS08578 

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11/14/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

03/13/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/14/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CITIES 2

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8578

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 November 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to incorporate the city of Staten Island; to enact a charter for
 the city of Staten Island; to provide a period of transition prior to
 the establishment of the city of Staten Island; to amend the education
 law, in relation to the establishment of the city school district of
 the city of Staten Island; to amend the education law, in relation to
 the transfer of the college of Staten Island of the city university of
 New York to the state university of New York; to amend the judiciary
 law, in relation to providing for the judiciary within the city of
 Staten Island; to amend the public housing law, the education law, the
 public authorities law and the private housing finance law, in
 relation to providing membership on certain authorities for the city
 of Staten Island; to amend the executive law, the elder law and the
 social services law, in relation to probation and social services
 within the city of Staten Island; to amend the county law, in relation
 to the treatment of the county of Richmond in similar fashion to coun-
 ties within a city having a population of one million or more; to
 amend the election law, the state finance law and the surrogate's
 court procedure act, in relation to making conforming changes relating
 to the establishment of the city of Staten Island; to amend the gener-
 al municipal law, in relation to the city of Staten Island industrial
 development agency; to amend the local emergency housing rent control
 act, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the
 general business law and the real property tax law, in relation to the
 continuation of existing housing regulations for the city of Staten
 Island; to amend the tax law, the state finance law, the public
 authorities law and the New York state financial emergency act for the
 city of New York, in relation to applicability of the authority of the
 financial control board; to amend the general city law, chapter 772 of
 the laws of 1966 relating to imposition of a city business tax and the
 tax law, in relation to providing authority for the city of Staten
 Island to continue presently applicable taxes within such city; to
 enact the administrative code of the city of Staten Island, in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14063-03-5

 S. 8578 2

 relation to procedures and administration of essential city services
 and the authority of such city to impose taxes; and making appropri-
 ations to advance moneys for the establishment of the city of Staten
 Island and the city school district of the city of Staten Island

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 THE CITY OF STATEN ISLAND ACT

 2 CONTENTS

 3 SECTION(S) SUBJECT

 4 1-001 Short title.
 5 1-002 Legislative history, findings and intent and statement of
 6 purposes.
 7 1-003 Definitions.
 8 1-004 Incorporation.
 9 2-001 Charter of the city of Staten Island.
 10 3-001 Legislative findings and declaration of purposes.
 11 3-002 Elections.
 12 3-003 Staten Island city government-transition.
 13 3-004 Employees of the city of Staten Island.
 14 3-005 Assistance to the city of Staten Island.
 15 3-006 Provision of municipal services on the city of S