S 9044 — Authorizes SUNY and CUNY to provide emergency aid grants to certain students
Congress · introduced 2026-01-27
Authorizes SUNY and CUNY to provide emergency aid grants to certain students; provides that the state shall reimburse half of all such grants provided; requires the higher education services corporation to provide an annual report on such programs.
Latest action: 2026-01-27 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — sponsor · 2026-01-27
- Jabari Brisport (—, NY-25) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (—, NY-23) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Sam Sutton (—, NY-22) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Text versions
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Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | Andrew Gounardes | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Sam Sutton | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Jabari Brisport | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (—, state_upper NY-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Sam Sutton (—, state_upper NY-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Sam Sutton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · sponsored by Andrew Gounardes (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Jabari Brisport (cosponsor) · sponsorship