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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 356: Relates to paratransit services

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 356 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to paratransit services. Primary sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

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 paratransit services; directs that an applicant for recertification submit correspondence from a licensed physician in lieu of an in-person assessment.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeremy CooneyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Rob OrttCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate62
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
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 TRANSPORTATION
  2. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Sources

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