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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 3686: Relates to the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 3686 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement. Primary sponsor: Jaime Williams (Democratic). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement including retirees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on return.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 3 · Republican/Conservative 5 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 4 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jaime WilliamsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse59
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Alec Brook-KrasnyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse46
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Jodi GiglioCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse2
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Matt SimpsonCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse114
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Kalman YegerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
  2. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source