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NY S07375
Bill
Status
4/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeremy Cooney
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AI Summary
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Modifies the eligibility calculation for the New York State district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program by excluding periods of leave without pay from counting toward required service completion
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Extends the service completion deadline by the total time an eligible attorney spends in non-pay status during their employment
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Creates exceptions allowing military service, maternity/paternity leave, FMLA leave, and absences due to compensable injury to count as creditable time toward the required service period, at the discretion of the president
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Applies retroactively to January 1, 2010
Legislative Description
Relates to the New York state district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program; allows absence because of uniformed service, maternity/paternity, FMLA, or due to compensable injury to be creditable time.
Last Action
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
1/7/2026