New York A 2479: Prohibits an employer from requesting that an employee or applicant disclose any means for accessing an electronic personal account

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A02479 Summary:

BILL NOA02479 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02377

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SPONSORColton (MS)

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COSPNSRBronson, Reyes, Dinowitz, Magnarelli, Zinerman, Sayegh, Stirpe, Rosenthal, Seawright, Epstein,
 Gallahan, Kelles, Otis, Santabarbara

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MLTSPNSRMcDonough

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Amd §2827-a, Pub Auth L

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Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature; allows the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature if such public authority files a written notice sixty days prior to the organization of such subsidiary with the governor and the legislature.

Go to top A02479 Actions:

BILL NOA02479 

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01/17/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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Go to topA02479 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2479

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, BRONSON, REYES, DINOWITZ, MAGNARELLI,
 ZINERMAN, SAYEGH, STIRPE, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, GALLAHAN,
 KELLES, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
 sions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
 the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior
 permission of the legislature

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2827-a of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 506 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no state authority shall
 5 hereafter have the power to organize any subsidiary corporation unless
 6 the legislature shall have enacted a law granting such state authority
 7 such power for the organization of a specific corporation, provided,
 8 however, that a state authority may organize a subsidiary corporation
 9 [pursuant to the following requirements:
 10 a. the purpose for which the subsidiary corporation shall be organized
 11 shall be for a project or projects which the state authority has the
 12 power to pursue pursuant to its corporate purposes;
 13 b. the primary reason for which the subsidiary corporation shall be
 14 organized shall be to limit the potential liability impact of the
 15 subsidiary's project or projects on the authority or because state or
 16 federal law requires that the purpose of a subsidiary be undertaken
 17 through a specific corporate structure; and
 18 c. the] without the legislature enacting a law granting such state
 19 authority such power if such authority provides written notification
 20 of its intention to organize such subsidiary corporation sixty days
 21 prior to such organization. Such written notice shall be provided to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05888-01-5

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 1 governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the temporary president of
 2 the senate and shall be subject to denial by the governor, the senate,
 3 or the assembly. Denial by the governor shall take the form of a signed
 4 certification by the governor. Denial by either house of the legisla-
 5 ture shall take the form of a resolution by such house. If the governor
 6 and each house of the legislature receives notification of a proposed
 7 organization during the months of January through March, the governor
 8 and each house of the legislature may take any such action within sixty
 9 days of receiving such notification, provided however, if the governor
 10 and each house of the legislature receives notification of a proposed
 11 organization and there is not sixty days remaining during the legisla-
 12 tive session, the legislature may take any such action within sixty days
 13 of January first of the following year. The state authority may not
 14 effectuate the proposed organization of the subsidiary until such sixty
 15 day period has elapsed. Any subsi