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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4959: Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency

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 4959 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency. Primary sponsor: Mark Walczyk (Republican/Conservative). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED 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.

Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency to examine state spending, identify unnecessary and wasteful spending and create a report of recommendations of spending items that can be eliminated by New York state.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 8 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark WalczykPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate49
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Rob OrttCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate62
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44
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 FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO FINANCE

Sources

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