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A07578 Summary:

BILL NO	A07578A

SAME AS	SAME AS S06712-A

SPONSOR	Paulin

COSPNSR

MLTSPNSR

Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

Authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries to fingerprint applicants for employment; authorizes such authority and subsidiaries to submit such fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services to obtain criminal histories of such applicants.

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A07578 Actions:

BILL NO

A07578A

05/14/2021

referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/25/2021

reported referred to codes

06/04/2021

amend and recommit to codes

06/04/2021

print number 7578a

06/07/2021

reported referred to ways and means

06/08/2021

reported referred to rules

06/08/2021

reported

06/08/2021

rules report cal.612

06/08/2021

ordered to third reading rules cal.612

06/08/2021

passed assembly

06/08/2021

delivered to senate

06/08/2021

REFERRED TO RULES

06/10/2021

SUBSTITUTED FOR S6712A

06/10/2021

3RD READING CAL.1764

06/10/2021

PASSED SENATE

06/10/2021

RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

07/12/2021

delivered to governor

07/16/2021

signed chap.261

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A07578 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:05/25/2021AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        Paulin Aye Lemondes Aye 
Cook Aye Blankenbush Aye 
Galef Aye Friend Aye 
Rodriguez Aye Lalor Aye 
Quart Aye Palmesano Aye 
Otis Aye Angelino Aye 
Rozic Aye Jensen Aye 
Kim Aye 
Seawright Aye 
Dilan Aye 
Richardson Aye 
De La Rosa Aye 
Pheffer Amato Aye 
Vanel Aye 
Carroll Aye 
Niou Aye 
Fall Aye 
Jean-Pierre Aye 
Gonzalez-Rojas Aye 

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:06/07/2021AYE/NAY:22/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        Dinowitz Aye Morinello Aye 
Pretlow Aye Giglio Aye 
Cook Aye Montesano Aye 
Cymbrowitz Aye Reilly Aye 
O'Donnell Aye Mikulin Aye 
Lavine Aye Tannousis Aye 
Perry Aye 
Abinanti Aye 
Weprin Aye 
Hevesi Aye 
Fahy Aye 
Seawright Aye 
Rosenthal Aye 
Walker Aye 
Vanel Aye 
Cruz Aye 

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/08/2021AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        Weinstein Aye Ra Aye 
Glick Aye Fitzpatrick Aye 
Nolan Excused Hawley Aye 
Pretlow Aye Montesano Aye 
Perry Aye Blankenbush Aye 
Colton Aye Norris Aye 
Cook Aye Brabenec Aye 
Cahill Aye Palmesano Aye 
Aubry Aye Byrne Aye 
Cusick Aye Ashby Aye 
Benedetto Aye 
Weprin Aye 
Rodriguez Aye 
Ramos Aye 
Braunstein Aye 
McDonald Aye 
Rozic Aye 
Dinowitz Aye 
Joyner Aye 
Magnarelli Aye 
Zebrowski Aye 
Bronson Aye 
Dilan Aye 
Seawright Aye 
Hyndman Aye 

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/08/2021AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         Heastie Excused Barclay Aye 
Gottfried Aye Hawley Aye 
Nolan Aye Giglio Aye 
Weinstein Aye Blankenbush Aye 
Pretlow Aye Norris Aye 
Cook Aye Montesano Aye 
Glick Aye Ra Aye 
Aubry Aye Brabenec Aye 
Englebright Aye 
Dinowitz Aye 
Colton Aye 
Magnarelli Aye 
Perry Aye 
Paulin Aye 
Peoples-Stokes Aye 
Benedetto Aye 
Lavine Aye 
Lupardo Aye 
Zebrowski Aye 
Thiele Aye 
Braunstein Aye 
Dickens Aye 
Davila Aye

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A07578 Floor Votes:

Yes

Abbate

Yes

Clark

Yes

Frontus

Yes

Lalor

Yes

Paulin

Yes

Sillitti

Yes

Abinanti

Yes

Colton

Yes

Galef

Yes

Lavine

Yes

Peoples-Stokes

Yes

Simon

Yes

Anderson

Yes

Conrad

Yes

Gallagher

Yes

Lawler

Yes

Perry

Yes

Simpson

Yes

Angelino

Yes

Cook

Yes

Gallahan

Yes

Lemondes

Yes

Pheffer Amato

Yes

Smith

Yes

Ashby

Yes

Cruz

Yes

Gandolfo

Yes

Lunsford

Yes

Pichardo

Yes

Smullen

Aubry

Yes

Cusick

Yes

Giglio JA

Yes

Lupardo

Yes

Pretlow

Yes

Solages

Yes

Barclay

Yes

Cymbrowitz

Yes

Giglio JM

Yes

Magnarelli

Yes

Quart

Yes

Steck

Yes

Barnwell

Yes

Darling

Yes

Glick

Yes

Mamdani

Yes

Stern

Yes

Barrett

Yes

Davila

Yes

Gonzalez-Rojas

Yes

Manktelow

Yes

Rajkumar

Yes

Stirpe

Yes

Barron

Yes

De La Rosa

Yes

Goodell

Yes

McDonald

Yes

Ramos

Yes

Tague

Yes

Benedetto

Yes

DeStefano

Yes

Gottfried

Yes

McDonough

Yes

Reilly

Yes

Tannousis

Yes

Bichotte Hermel

Yes

Dickens

Yes

Griffin

Yes

McMahon

Yes

Reyes

Yes

Taylor

Yes

Blankenbush

Yes

Dilan

Yes

Gunther

Yes

Meeks

Yes

Richardson

Yes

Thiele

Yes

Brabenec

Yes

Dinowitz

Yes

Hawley

Yes

Mikulin

Yes

Rivera J

Yes

Vanel

Yes

Braunstein

Yes

DiPietro

Yes

Hevesi

Yes

Miller B

Yes

Rivera JD

Yes

Walczyk

Yes

Bronson

Yes

Durso

Yes

Hunter

Yes

Miller M

Yes

Rodriguez

Yes

Walker

Yes

Brown

Yes

Eichenstein

Yes

Hyndman

Yes

Mitaynes

Yes

Rosenthal D

Yes

Wallace

Yes

Burdick

Yes

Englebright

Yes

Jackson

Yes

Montesano

Yes

Rosenthal L

Yes

Walsh

Yes

Burgos

Yes

Epstein

Yes

Jacobson

Yes

Morinello

Yes

Rozic

Yes

Weinstein

Yes

Burke

Yes

Fahy

Yes

Jean-Pierre

Yes

Niou

Yes

Salka

Yes

Weprin

Yes

Buttenschon

Yes

Fall

Yes

Jensen

Yes

Nolan

Yes

Santabarbara

Yes

Williams

Yes

Byrne

Yes

Fernandez

Yes

Jones

Yes

Norris

Yes

Sayegh

Yes

Woerner

Yes

Byrnes

Yes

Fitzpatrick

Yes

Joyner

Yes

O'Donnell

Yes

Schmitt

Yes

Zebrowski

Yes

Cahill

Forrest

Yes

Kelles

Yes

Otis

Yes

Seawright

Yes

Zinerman

Yes

Carroll

Yes

Friend

Yes

Kim

Yes

Palmesano

Yes

Septimo

Yes

Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference

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A07578 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7578--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 14, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- reported and referred
          to the Committee on  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
          the metropolitan transportation  authority  and  its  subsidiaries  to
          fingerprint applicants for employment and to obtain criminal histories
          of such applicants
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
     3    19. In connection with their lawful responsibilities or functions, the
     4  authority and its subsidiaries, including Metro-North Commuter Railroad,
     5  the  Long  Island Rail Road, MTA bus and the Staten Island rapid transit
     6  operating authority, the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, and the
     7  New York city transit authority and its  subsidiary  the  Manhattan  and
     8  Bronx  surface  transit  operating authority, are authorized to request,
     9  receive and review criminal history information through the division  of
    10  criminal  justice  services  with  respect  to any person applying for a
    11  safety sensitive position. When requested, such applicant  shall  submit
    12  to  the  authority  or the requesting affiliate or subsidiary his or her
    13  fingerprints in such form and in such manner as specified by  the  divi-
    14  sion,  for the purpose of conducting a criminal history search identify-
    15  ing criminal convictions and pending criminal charges  and  returning  a
    16  report thereon in accordance with the procedures and requirements estab-
    17  lished by the division pursuant to the provisions of article thirty-five
    18  of  the executive law, which shall include the payment of the reasonable
    19  prescribed processing fee for the cost of the division's full search and
    20  retention procedures and a national criminal history record check.   The
    21  authority  or requesting affiliate or subsidiary shall submit such fing-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11304-04-1

        A. 7578--A                          2
 
     1  erprints and the processing fee to the division.    The  division  shall
     2  forward  to  the  authority  or the requesting affiliate or subsidiary a
     3  report with respect to the applicant's  previous  criminal  history,  if
     4  any,  or a statement that the applicant has no previous criminal history
     5  according to its files.  Fingerprints submitted to the division pursuant
     6  to this subdivision may also be  submitted  to  the  federal  bureau  of
     7  investigation  for  a  national criminal history record check.  If addi-
     8  tional copies of fingerprints are required, the applicant shall  furnish
     9  them  upon request.   Upon receipt of such criminal history information,
    10  the authority or the requesting affiliate or  subsidiary  shall  provide
    11  such applicant with a copy of such criminal history information, togeth-
    12  er  with  a  copy  of  article twenty-three-A of the correction law, and
    13  inform such applicant of his or her right  to  seek  correction  of  any
    14  incorrect  information  contained  in  such criminal history information
    15  pursuant to regulations and procedures established by  the  division  of
    16  criminal justice services.  The authority or the requesting affiliate or
    17  subsidiary  shall ensure that adequate notice be provided to such appli-
    18  cant regarding the fact that state and national criminal history  record
    19  checks  may be conducted. This provision shall not preclude or alter the
    20  process by which  a  municipal  civil  service  commission  obtains  and
    21  provides  background information pursuant to subdivision four of section
    22  fifty of the civil service law relating to applicants for civil  service
    23  appointments  at  the New York city transit authority and the Triborough
    24  bridge and tunnel authority.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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New York State Assembly

Speaker Carl E. Heastie

A07578 Summary:

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A07578 Floor Votes:

A07578 Text:

Heastie	Excused	Barclay	Aye
Gottfried	Aye	Hawley	Aye
Nolan	Aye	Giglio	Aye
Weinstein	Aye	Blankenbush	Aye
Pretlow	Aye	Norris	Aye
Cook	Aye	Montesano	Aye
Glick	Aye	Ra	Aye
Aubry	Aye	Brabenec	Aye
Englebright	Aye
Dinowitz	Aye
Colton	Aye
Magnarelli	Aye
Perry	Aye
Paulin	Aye
Peoples-Stokes	Aye
Benedetto	Aye
Lavine	Aye
Lupardo	Aye
Zebrowski	Aye
Thiele	Aye
Braunstein	Aye
Dickens	Aye
Davila	Aye