This bill authorizes the Town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County to sell specific parkland to build housing, provided the town simultaneously dedicates an equivalent amount of land as new park space. The legislation requires that the value of the new parkland matches or exceeds the fair market value of the land being sold, with any shortfall used to acquire additional parks or fund improvements. If the town previously received federal funding for the land being sold, it must first meet all federal requirements to ensure the replacement parkland is equally valuable and useful. The law takes effect immediately upon passage, allowing the town's governing body to set the specific terms for the transaction.
This bill creates a new article in the correction law to standardize visiting rules across state and local correctional facilities, directly affecting incarcerated individuals, their families, and facility staff. It mandates that facilities allow in-person contact visits with up to four people daily for at least six hours, including evenings on weekends and holidays, while requiring visitor processing to begin within one hour of arrival. The legislation also establishes clear definitions for different types of visits, sets limits on body scanner use and search procedures, and requires facilities to publish wait time data and update visiting schedules online. Additionally, the bill outlines specific rights for visitors regarding medical exemptions, religious accommodations, and the ability to appeal visit denials or suspensions.
Establishes the crimes of benefiting from a labor trafficking venture, benefiting from a sex trafficking venture and aggravated benefiting from a sex trafficking venture; establishes civil action for victims of benefiting from a trafficking venture; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations, grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions.
Directs the office of children and family services to annually publish on its website certain data about calls made to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment and the HEARS family line.
Relates to orders of protection where the respondent is a minor who resides with a parent or other legally responsible person or other party; prohibits courts from issuing an order of protection that directs a minor respondent to stay away from the home of a parent or other person legally responsible for the respondent if the respondent would not have an appropriate alternative residence; provides that such a respondent shall have the right to have a guardian ad litem appointed, if appropriate; authorizes suspended judgment in certain cases provided that the respondent participate in a batterer's education program.
Directs the commissioner of social services shall establish a rate differential for child care providers who provide care to a child with a diagnosed developmental delay or disability, provided such rate differential is no less than 30% above the applicable market rate otherwise payable for such child care services, and further provided such rate differential is sufficient to provide appropriate care.
Enacts the "Shepherd Patterson notification act"; requires a physician who treats a minor patient with a medical condition that may cause a disability to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians indicating such minor is entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred seventy-three; makes related provisions.
Relates to requiring social services districts to develop family assessment and services tracks to address cases where there is a prior history of multiple likely malicious and unfounded complaints against the respondent, there is no actual history of founded complaints of abuse or maltreatment against the respondent within the preceding four years, and the initial investigation into the new complaint yields no new information which could indicate the possibility of actual abuse or maltreatment.
This bill proposes changing how county clerks and sheriffs are selected in New York City, requiring them to be elected by voters instead of appointed by the courts. The key provision would amend the state constitution to mandate that these officials be chosen by electors every three to four years, while also granting the clerk additional powers to manage jury selection. The bill includes a process for the governor to remove elected officials after providing notice and a hearing, and it would require public publication of the amendment before the next election. This change would directly affect New York City residents by giving them a direct vote in selecting these local officials.
Authorizes the village board of trustees of the village of Hempstead to provide for a pilot overnight residential parking permit system and fix and require the payment of fees applicable to parking within the area in which such parking system is in effect.
This bill authorizes Hachaim Veshalom, a not-for-profit corporation, to apply for a retroactive real property tax exemption for two specific parcels (734 Woodfield Road, West Hempstead) on Nassau County tax rolls covering 2022-2023 school and general tax assessments. If approved by the Nassau County assessor and legislature, the exemption would apply retroactively, allowing the organization to receive refunds for taxes paid on those parcels during those years. The bill specifically enables the county assessor to accept this late application as if it were filed by the original deadline. This is a procedural exception for one organization, not a change to general tax law.
This bill designates a specific segment of State Route 30 in Hancock (from the NY-17 intersection to the Colchester town line) as a ceremonial dedication to Assistant Fire Chief Jason T. McGlone. It requires the state transportation commissioner to install and maintain signage stating "Highway Dedicated to Assistant Fire Chief Jason T. McGlone" along this route. The bill explicitly clarifies this is a ceremonial gesture only, with no change to the highway's official name or designation. It does not affect traffic, commerce, or the highway's functional use. The dedication is purely symbolic, as noted in the bill's provisions.
