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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2025: Waives pandemic unemployment assistance repayments under certain circumstances

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

S 2025 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Waives pandemic unemployment assistance repayments under certain circumstances. Primary sponsor: Liz Krueger (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LABOR.

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.

Waives Unemployment Pandemic Benefits repayments in whole or in part if the payment of such pandemic unemployment assistance was without fault on the part of the claimant and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 8 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Liz KruegerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Michael GianarisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“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 LABOR
  2. REFERRED TO LABOR

Sources

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