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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4744: Increases personal needs allowance amounts

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 4744 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Increases personal needs allowance amounts. Primary sponsor: Cordell Cleare (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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.

Increases personal needs allowance amounts for individuals who are deemed eligible; requires that payments be subject to an annual adjustment reflecting the latest consumer price index, all items-U.S. city average.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cordell ClearePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. PRINT NUMBER 4744B
  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  4. PRINT NUMBER 4744A
  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  6. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  7. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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