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Votes at a glance: New York Senate passes eviction-notice filing change and a string of bills on May 12
Summary
The Senate approved a large package of bills on May 12, including a measure to require timely electronic filing of eviction notices by marshals, multiple education and public-health statutes, and other program bills; roll-call tallies were recorded for each calendar item.
The New York State Senate used its May 12 session to clear a lengthy calendar, passing a range of bills from housing process changes to education and public-health statutes.
Notable floor votes included a bill (Senate Print 9907, Calendar 895) described on the floor as requiring New York City marshals to physically post and electronically file eviction notices within one business day of service, a measure sponsors said is intended to improve transparency and ensure tenants and attorneys have timely information. The sponsor called it his first bill to pass the Senate and said the change would help tenants seek legal assistance or rental aid before an eviction occurs. The bill was recorded as passed (ayes 44, nays 16).
Other measures passed on the calendar included a set of education and public-health bills. Examples recorded on the floor were Assembly 4840A / Senate substitute 9673 (Calendar 772), which will take effect 180 days after becoming law (vote 59–1); a public-health bill (Senate Print 1714A, Calendar 169) and several technical amendments to correction and municipal law. Multiple conservation and environmental-authority items were also on the calendar and passed, many with immediate effective dates recorded during the reading.
A separate bill requiring salons, barber shops and similar businesses to display multilingual information about domestic-violence resources (Assembly 7301B / Senate substitute 7547B, Calendar 834) was read and passed without recorded opposition on the floor; that measure and others were advanced as part of the regular calendar.
The Senate adjourned until its next scheduled session on May 14, 2026.
