Sen. Kevin Parker

Primary S 5650

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Establishes the crime of coercive control

Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when he or she engages in a course of conduct against a member of his or her same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of his or her own finances or financial information; and provides that coercive control is a class E felony.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 4100

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to agricultural assessments on property which is converted for purposes of oil or gas exploration or solar development

Provides that property receiving an agricultural assessment which is converted for purposes of oil or gas exploration shall be subject to payments equaling five times the taxes saved in the last year in which the land benefited from an agricultural assessment; exempts property converted for solar development from such payments.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 4799

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Includes writer salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit

Includes writer salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit; defines "writer" as a person employed or retained to write or revise scripts, screenplays, teleplays, dialogue, sketches, routines or narrations.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 5045

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to prohibiting law enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immigration status of a victim or witness to a criminal offense

Prohibits law enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 5661

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to residency requirements for paid firefighters in a city with a population of one million or more

Relates to residency requirements for paid firefighters in a city with a population of one million or more; requires any person appointed as a paid member of the uniformed force of a paid fire department of a city with a population of one million or more to become a resident of any political subdivision or municipal corporation within such city within one year of his or her appointment and to continue to reside within any such political subdivision or municipal corporation.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 5227

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Enacts the HIRE NY act to provide loans through the urban development corporation for hiring by micro-businesses

Enacts the HIRE NY act to provide zero interest loans through the urban development corporation for hiring by micro-businesses with fewer than five employees.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 4673

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to increasing the tax on alcohol

Relates to increasing the tax on alcohol and provides that one hundred percent of the taxes, interest, penalties and fees collected or received by the commissioner shall be allocated to the general fund.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 5646

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Enacts the Home Equity Fraud Act to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies

Enacts the "Home Equity Fraud Act" to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies; prohibits mortgage brokers or agents from acting as home improvement contractors; provides additional protections for mortgagors and homeowners.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 4660

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Establishes an independent fatality review board to investigate deaths appearing to be from unnatural causes, where domestic violence is apparent

Establishes an independent fatality review board to review and assess domestic violence cases which result in a fatality and compile a report and make recommendations to certain state agencies based on such review and assessment; provides for access to various records without subpoena and for access to sealed records with judicial authorization.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 5966

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer

Relates to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer in an amount not less than $200,000.

In committee Jan 5, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track