New York Senate approves package of bills including childcare, tax and environmental measures

The New York State Senate on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, adopted a package of bills from its calendar, approving measures that amend the social services, tax and environmental laws and advancing several Assembly bills substituted onto the Senate calendar.

Senator Booch, speaking during consideration of a social services measure, described state-level affordability and childcare shortages and urged counties to opt into the program the bill establishes. "Affordability is a crisis here in New York. Finding childcare is a crisis here in New York," Senator Booch said, adding the bill will help New Yorkers keep jobs and stable homes. She concluded, "I vote aye." The social services bill (Senate print 7 57, calendar number 32) was recorded as passed (ayes 55).

Nut graf: The chamber moved quickly through its calendar, reading last sections, calling the roll on multiple measures and adopting each bill as read. Several of the measures’ final sections were read as taking effect immediately or on the same date…