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Legislative Position Memos

Browse through LeadingAge New York's memos of support and opposition.

Feel free to download these memos and send them to your lawmakers throughout the course of the legislative session!

For more information on these bills, please contact Sarah Daly or Jeff Diamond.

Legislative Position Memos

A.10122 (Paulin)/S.9196 (Krueger)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which prohibits the establishment of new for-profit hospice providers in New York State. 

May 5, 2026

Legislative Position Memos

A.11220 (Hyndman)/S.9997 (Stavisky)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which amends the New York State Education Law to update the definition of “continuous supervision” as it relates to licensed physical therapist assistants (PTA) in home care and school settings.

May 5, 2026

Legislative Position Memos

A.1863-B (Rosenthal)/S.561-A (Krueger)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation which would require notice to be provided to tenants of certain dwelling units, informing them of their potential eligibility for the Senior Citizens Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and Disabilities Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) programs.

May 5, 2026

Legislative Position Memos

A.5344-A (Glick)/S.1457-B (Kavanagh)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which would increase the maximum income threshold for SCRIE, DRIE, SCHE, and DHE to $75,000 and further require its increase according to consumer price index adjustments moving forward.

May 5, 2026

Legislative Position Memos

A.9418-A (Paulin)/S.8635-B (Fernandez)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which will establish and fund up to three demonstration special needs assisted living programs (ALPs) in New York.

May 1, 2026

Legislative Position Memos

A.11340 (Lunsford)/S.10171 (Cleare)

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation  which would amend the estates, powers and trusts law, to expand the damages recoverable in a wrongful death action to include compensation for  the loss of companionship, loss of services and support, and loss of nurture and guidance.

May 1, 2026

Legislative Position Memos

A.8738 (Bronson)/S.8222 (Brouk)

LeadingAge New York supports this bill which would encourage nursing homes in upstate regions to collaborate on the quality of nursing home care, while ensuring appropriate program safeguards to prevent anti-competitive practices.

June 12, 2025

Legislative Position Memos

A.5155 (Stern)/S.7129 (Martinez)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation which would require the New York State Department of Veterans' Services, in consultation with the Department of Health, to undertake a study regarding access to veteran healthcare.

June 3, 2025

Legislative Position Memos

A.600 (Hevesi)/S.8286 (Addabbo)

LeadingAge New York supports this bill which would enable hours of care provided by therapy staff to be counted toward nursing home minimum staffing standards.

June 2, 2025

Legislative Position Memos

A.3390 (Eachus)/S.6475 (Cleare)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation which would create a Senior Housing Task Force to assess and report on senior housing needs and to review innovative approaches that have been successfully implemented in New York State and other states.

May 28, 2025
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