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D New York Senate · District 27

Sen. Brian Kavanagh

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Total votes
17,627
all sessions
Attendance
94%
897 missed
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,557
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
1,557 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,557
Primary
522
Co-sponsor
1,035
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Co-sponsor S 3972
In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish an installation grant program and a maintenance rebate program for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment installation grant program, providing a one-time grant to private well users for the installation of PFAS treatment or service connection to a public water system; directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment maintenance rebate program, providing a rebate to private well users for the maintenance of PFAS treatment equipment.

In committee Jan 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Primary S 3222
In committee Jan 7, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor S 448
In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Enacts the Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new enforcement mechanism allowing certain workers, whistleblowers, or labor organizations to file public lawsuits on behalf of New York's labor department to address violations of specific labor laws. It enables private parties to initiate enforcement actions for issues like unpaid wages or misclassification (covered under Articles 5, 6, 9, 19, 19-A, 19-B, and 25-A), with civil penalties collected going to the state treasury. The law aims to supplement limited public enforcement resources by empowering workers and organizations to act as "private attorneys general" while protecting whistleblowers from retaliation. It explicitly excludes government agencies as targets and applies only to violations covered by designated labor law sections.

In committee Dec 24, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 2536
Signed into law Dec 20, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 1926
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Requires social services districts to maintain a waiting list of families who have applied for child care assistance and data regarding the income of such families

Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; requires the local districts to report such list to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually; requires the social services districts to collect data regarding the income of families who have applied, were denied and received child care assistance and issue a report to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually.

Signed into law Dec 19, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 3486
Vetoed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions

Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.

Vetoed Dec 19, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary S 7843
Vetoed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Establishes a twenty-five year retirement program for members of the NYC employees' retirement system employed as water supply police

Establishes a twenty-five year retirement program for members of the NYC employees' retirement system employed as water supply police; provides for employer pick-up of certain additional member contributions required to be made by certain participants in the 25-year retirement programs.

Vetoed Dec 19, 2025 0 co-sponsors
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