Sen. John E. Brooks

Co-sponsor S 7680

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Designates January 6th as Democracy Day

Designates January 6th as Democracy Day.

In committee Feb 22, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary J 1787

Passed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 9, 2022, as Yellow Ribbon Day in the State of New York

Passed Feb 8, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary J 1782

Passed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department to be celebrated on February 26, 2022

Passed Feb 8, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary J 1783

Passed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Congratulating Malachi Moore upon the occasion of reaching 1,000 points in his career as a member of the Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School Boys' Varsity Basketball Team

Passed Feb 8, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor S 5374

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to fair pay for home care aides

Enacts provisions to provide minimum wages for home care aides; requires at least 150% of minimum wage or other set minimum; directs the commissioner of health to set regional minimum rates of reimbursement for home care aides under medicaid and managed care plans.

In committee Feb 1, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 967

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Authorizes the taxation of certain state owned parks

Authorizes the taxation of certain lands owned by the state constituting a state park; provides that if the land constitutes a state park and the average daily state park attendance for the preceding year exceeded twenty-five percent of the municipal population as determined by the most recent census data; the state-owned land constitutes ten percent or more of the total land contained within the municipality; the municipality provides or pays for first responder police protection and either pays or provides for the cost of first responder fire protection or the residents of the municipality make direct payments to a fire protection district responsible for protecting the state park and its visitors; and the principal entrance to the state park is within the boundaries of the municipality, it may be subject to real property taxation.

In committee Jan 31, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary S 1388

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Provides a New York state residential property tax relief act for public education aid apportionment for certain school years

Provides a New York state residential property tax relief act for public education aid apportionment for certain school years; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

In committee Jan 26, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary S 6411

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans

Provides for preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans.

In committee Jan 25, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor S 6791

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to employer contributions to the unemployment insurance fund and the unemployment insurance maximum benefit rate

Specifies contribution rates for employers to the unemployment insurance fund in the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years, regardless of what the current actual size of the fund index is; sets the unemployment insurance maximum benefit rate.

Passed Jan 25, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 359

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Requires the provision of care to persons requiring twenty-four hours of care take the form of non-sequential split shifts of twelve hours each

Requires the provision of care to persons requiring twenty-four hours of care take the form of non-sequential split shifts of twelve hours each.

In committee Jan 24, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track