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NY S 2259

in committee

Provides for indexing of certain appropriations

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2259 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2259 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

What is NY S 2259 about?

Provides for indexing of certain appropriations; provides that on and after January 1, 2027 and on each following January first, the commissioner shall index the level of such appropriations for subsequent state fiscal years based on the national highway construction cost index for the most recent twelve month period; provides that the commissioner shall increase appropriations by the rate of inflation for the most recent twelve month period that is available at the time the adjusted rate is calculated and announced using the national highway construction cost index, or a successor index as calculated by the United States federal highway administration, if such rate of inflation is greater than zero percent.

Who sponsors NY S 2259?

Jeremy Cooney is the primary sponsor of NY S 2259.

Description

Provides for indexing of certain appropriations; provides that on and after January 1, 2027 and on each following January first, the commissioner shall index the level of such appropriations for subsequent state fiscal years based on the national highway construction cost index for the most recent twelve month period; provides that the commissioner shall increase appropriations by the rate of inflation for the most recent twelve month period that is available at the time the adjusted rate is calculated and announced using the national highway construction cost index, or a successor index as calculated by the United States federal highway administration, if such rate of inflation is greater than zero percent.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Jeremy Cooneyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-16

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 664not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6823not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 668not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3546not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3931not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 9510not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2259?summary=&detail=

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