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NY S02258

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Leroy Comrie

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires utility corporations and municipalities to provide emergency notices to consumers in multiple languages beyond English
  • Mandates translation into Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, French, Urdu, Hindi, and Tagalog
  • Authorizes the Public Service Commission to designate additional "prevailing languages" as deemed necessary
  • Amends Section 44 of the Public Service Law by adding new language accessibility requirements for emergency communications
  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Requires every utility corporation or municipality who sends an emergency notice to customers to make available and provide such notice in English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, French, Urdu, Russian, Yiddish, Korean, Bangla, Polish, Italian, Hindi and Tagalog.

Last Action

PRINT NUMBER 2258A

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Energy and Telecommunications1/16/2025

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