New York S 6980: Creates a temporary state commission concerning the incidence of asthma in Brooklyn

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S06980 Summary:

BILL NOS06980 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05747

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Creates a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of Brooklyn in New York city.

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BILL NOS06980 

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1093

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/20/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1237

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6980

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to create a temporary state commission to study and make recom-
 mendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of Brook-
 lyn in New York city

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

 1 Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to study and
 2 make recommendations relating to the incidence of asthma in the borough
 3 of Brooklyn in New York city. The commission will place particular
 4 emphasis on youth in communities with an unemployment rate exceeding one
 5 hundred twenty-five percent of the statewide level.
 6 § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
 7 follows: five shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed
 8 by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority leader
 9 of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
 10 and one by the minority leader of the assembly. The members of the
 11 commission shall serve at the pleasure of the official making the
 12 appointment of such member. Of the five members appointed by the gover-
 13 nor, one shall be from the department of health and one shall be from
 14 the department of environmental conservation. The remaining nine members
 15 of the commission must reside in a city with a population of one million
 16 or more. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled
 17 in the manner provided for original appointments. Membership on the
 18 commission shall not constitute a public office. A chairperson and vice-
 19 chairperson of the commission shall be elected by a majority of its
 20 members, all members being present.
 21 § 3. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 22 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 23 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09842-01-5

 S. 6980 2

 1 § 4. The commission may meet within and without the state, shall hold
 2 at least one public hearing each quarter, and shall have all the powers
 3 of a legislative committee pursuant to the legislative law.
 4 § 5. The commission shall make a report of its findings and make any
 5 recommendations it may deem necessary and appropriate to the governor,
 6 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no
 7 later than one year after the effective date of this act.
 8 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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