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NY A 2475

in committee

Relates to the prohibition on naming buildings after public officials

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 2475 pass?

Not yet. NY A 2475 is in committee as of 2026-05-19 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-19): REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

What is NY A 2475 about?

Prohibits a public officer or member of the legislature from have a building or space named after themself while holding public office based on the fact that such person was responsible for securing public funds for the person or entity involved in naming the building or for securing public funds for the person's or entity's cause or agenda.

Who sponsors NY A 2475?

John T. McDonald III is the primary sponsor of NY A 2475, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits a public officer or member of the legislature from have a building or space named after themself while holding public office based on the fact that such person was responsible for securing public funds for the person or entity involved in naming the building or for securing public funds for the person's or entity's cause or agenda.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-19 — REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • John T. McDonald IIIprimary
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Scott Graycosponsor
  • Michael Dursocosponsor
  • Anil Beephan Jr.cosponsor
  • David DiPietrocosponsor
  • Jeff Gallahancosponsor
  • Judy Griffincosponsor
  • Gabriella Romerocosponsor
  • Donna Lupardocosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Deborah Glickcosponsor
  • Tommy Schiavonicosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-17

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-19

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 4068not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A2475?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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