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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6837: Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state

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 6837 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state. Primary sponsor: Harvey Epstein. It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 8, 2025): ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN.

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.

Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state; provides up to five thousand positions may be filled by persons with a physical or mental disability and up to two thousand positions may be filled by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 18 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 4 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Harvey EpsteinPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Vivian CookCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Chris EachusCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Eddie GibbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse68
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“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. ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
  2. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Sources

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