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NY A 4956

in committee

Relates to the SUNY Maritime admissions program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4956 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4956 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 4956 about?

Relates to the SUNY Maritime admissions program increasing the number of positions reserved for nomination by the governor and members of the legislature and scholarship under the SUNY Maritime admissions program.

Who sponsors NY A 4956?

Lester Chang is the primary sponsor of NY A 4956, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to the SUNY Maritime admissions program increasing the number of positions reserved for nomination by the governor and members of the legislature and scholarship under the SUNY Maritime admissions program.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Lester Changprimary
  • Matthew Simpsoncosponsor
  • Michael Novakhovcosponsor
  • Robert Smullencosponsor
  • Joe Angelinocosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Kenneth Blankenbushcosponsor
  • Anil Beephan Jr.cosponsor
  • Keith Browncosponsor
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • Philip Palmesanocosponsor
  • Karl Brabeneccosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10153not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4956?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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