Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.
Sen. Samra Brouk
Sponsored bills
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status.
Establishes the Charles L. Reason fellowship for the purpose of increasing faculty diversity in higher education.
Relates to the establishment of a single computerized state DNA identification index; requires municipalities to expunge any DNA record stored in a municipal DNA identification index.
Establishes environmental standards for lead in ambient air and lead contamination in soils and lead dust on floors and window sills.
Establishes an annual cost of living adjustment for human services programs indexed to inflation.
Requires the boards of elections to provide a secure website or web portal through which voters can track their absentee application or absentee ballot.
Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections.
Exempts the costs associated with expenditures resulting from the purchase of BOCES services and programs from the real property tax levy limit.
Establishes a billionaire mark-to-market tax taxing residents with one billion dollars or more in net assets.