S 4577 — Requires public authorities to negotiate with most qualified architectural, engineering, geological, landscape architectural and/or surveying professional firms before negotiating with other firms
NY 2025 session · introduced 2025-02-07
Requires public authorities and public benefit corporations to negotiate with professional firms providing architectural, engineering, geological, landscape architectural or surveying services in order from the most qualified to the least qualified with regard to the provision of services to the authority or corporation.
Latest action: 2026-05-19 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors (3)
- Leroy Comrie (—, NY-14) — sponsor · 2025-02-07
- Kevin S. Parker (—, NY-21) — cosponsor · 2025-02-07
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — cosponsor · 2025-02-07
Action timeline (4)
- · senate — REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
- · senate — REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
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Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 3 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-07 | ← | James Skoufis | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-07 | ← | Kevin S. Parker | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-07 | ← | Leroy Comrie | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Kevin S. Parker (—, state_upper NY-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2025-02-07 · cosponsored by Kevin S. Parker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-07 · sponsored by Leroy Comrie (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-07 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship