New York S 8610: Relates to the trustees of the power authority of the state of New York

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S08610 Summary:

BILL NOS08610 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09425

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1003 & 1004, Pub Auth L

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Enacts the "public power democracy act"; increases the number of trustees on the power authority of the state of New York from seven to seventeen; authorizes termination of a trustee.

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BILL NOS08610 

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12/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8610

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the trustees
 of the power authority of the state of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "public power democracy act".
 3 § 2. Section 1003 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter
 4 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 1003. Trustees. 1. The authority shall consist of [seven] seventeen
 6 trustees, five of whom shall serve respectively for terms of one, two,
 7 three, four and five years, to be appointed by the governor, by and with
 8 the advice and consent of the senate. The sixth and seventh trustees
 9 shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent
 10 of the senate, and shall serve initial terms of one and two years
 11 respectively. Of the trustees appointed by the governor, one shall be a
 12 bona fide expert in public finance, one shall be a bona fide expert in
 13 consumer advocacy, and one shall be a bona fide expert in environmental
 14 justice. Five trustees shall be appointed by the temporary president of
 15 the senate, of which one shall be a representative of a bona fide labor
 16 organization that represents workers engaged in a collective bargaining
 17 agreement with the authority or its subsidiaries, and one shall be a
 18 representative of a bona fide labor organization that represents workers
 19 employed by an organization engaged in a power purchase agreement with
 20 the authority. Five trustees shall be appointed by the speaker of the
 21 assembly, of which one shall be a bona fide expert in renewable energy
 22 siting, and one shall be a bona fide expert in building electrification.
 23 Each trustee shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and
 24 qualified or until removed by a majority vote of the legislature or the
 25 governor. Furthermore, the New York state energy research and develop-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11229-06-5

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 1 ment authority and the office of renewable energy siting and electric
 2 transmission shall each be allowed to appoint one non-voting member.
 3 2. At the expiration of the term of each trustee and of each succeed-
 4 ing trustee [the governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of
 5 the senate, appoint a successor, who shall hold office for a term of
 6 five years, or until a successor has been appointed and qualified. In
 7 the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of the trustee by death,
 8 resignation or otherwise, the governor shall, by and with the advice and
 9 consent of the senate, appoint a successor, who shall hold office for
 10 the unexpired term. Four trustees shall constitute a quorum for the
 11 purpose of organizing the authority and conducting the business
 12 thereof], or the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of the trus-
 13 tee by death, resignation or otherwise, the original entities who
 14 appointed that trustee shall appoint a successor who shall hold office
 15 for the unexpired term. A majority of the appointed voting trustees
 16 shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of organizing the authority
 17 and conducting the business thereof.