---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county"
description: "Expands the waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2575"
citation: "New York A 2575 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5cf12c-65cb-421b-9565-7383ee1d48fd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2575"
source_hash: "69259311999f7b8e3bbf395898f6b641bd0d79786092060adcbd382d94ed7034"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 2575 (2021-2022) — Expands the waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county

Expands the waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A2575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2575&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** REPORTED
- **2021-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.250
- **2021-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-04** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2288
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1770
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.116 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e5cf12c-65cb-421b-9565-7383ee1d48fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).