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NY S 5459

in committee

Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5459 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5459 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

What is NY S 5459 about?

Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state; provides up to five thousand positions may be filled by persons with a physical or mental disability and up to two thousand positions may be filled by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities.

Who sponsors NY S 5459?

Leroy Comrie is the primary sponsor of NY S 5459, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state; provides up to five thousand positions may be filled by persons with a physical or mental disability and up to two thousand positions may be filled by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Leroy Comrieprimary
  • Cordell Clearecosponsor
  • Lea Webbcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7386not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2497not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 11034

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5459?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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