New York S 1087: Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

Status: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (as of 2026-05-21)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1087

Sponsors: Shelley Mayer, Gustavo Rivera, Patricia Fahy

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S01087 Summary:

BILL NOS01087 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05056

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRFAHY, RIVERA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3-200, El L

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Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

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BILL NOS01087 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/13/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.8

01/13/2025PASSED SENATE

01/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

01/13/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1193

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/03/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1087

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to making commissioners
 full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3-200 of the election law is
 2 amended to read as follows:
 3 2. (a) Each board outside the city of New York shall consist of two
 4 election commissioners who shall be full time employees of such board,
 5 except that the county legislative body of a county having a population
 6 of more than one hundred [and] twenty thousand may, by local law,
 7 increase the number of such commissioners to four, to be appointed as
 8 provided in this title.
 9 (b) Each of the major political parties shall be eligible to recommend
 10 appointment of an equal number of commissioners.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01346-01-5

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