Requires hospitals to obtain verbal and written informed consent from a patient or representative before including such patient's information in a general hospital facility directory.
Relates to the application of New York state's human rights law to employees who work outside of the state of New York, if their employer maintains a physical address within New York state.
Requires an owner or submeterer of a building to eliminate any submetering problems in a timely manner; imposes responsibility for all the shared area charges for service measured to areas outside of the dwelling, unless there is an agreement to the contrary; prohibits the waiver of such provision; provides a complaint process.
This bill establishes rules for landlords who choose to report tenant rental payments to credit bureaus to help improve a tenant's credit score. It requires landlords to provide clear written notices about reporting options at the start of a lease and annually, ensuring tenants understand that reporting positive payments is voluntary and knowing how to opt out. If a landlord reports negative information like late payments, they must notify the tenant within thirty days and explain their rights to dispute the data. Additionally, the bill sets limits on fees landlords can charge for this service and clarifies that unpaid fees cannot be used as grounds to evict a tenant or deduct from their security deposit.
This bill expands access to certificates of relief from disabilities for eligible offenders by requiring courts to issue these documents in specific situations rather than leaving the decision entirely to judicial discretion. It mandates that courts must grant a certificate at the time of sentencing if the offender received a revocable sentence or a sentence not involving commitment to a state correctional institution, provided they meet the law's requirements. Additionally, the bill clarifies that if a certificate is not issued immediately, it can be granted later based on the offender's continued eligibility, ensuring the relief applies to both forfeitures and legal disabilities. These changes directly affect individuals convicted in state courts who are seeking to remove barriers to employment and other rights associated with a criminal record.
This bill grants peace officer status to parking and code enforcement officers working for the city of Yonkers. The primary change allows these employees to enforce laws related to parking and building codes with the same authority as other sworn police officers. The legislation includes a specific provision stating that these officers may only carry firearms if they have obtained the proper license. This update takes effect immediately upon passage.
This bill prevents state officers and university leaders from receiving salary increases that would make their pay higher than the governor's. It directly affects the governor, state officers, and the chancellors and presidents of the State University of New York and the City University of New York. The law requires these university leaders to create new salary plans in consultation with the governor's office and the budget division, ensuring their total compensation stays below the governor's level. Any funding for these salary increases must come from reallocating existing budget funds rather than new appropriations. The changes are scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2027.
This bill, titled the "ATV, UTV, ROV safe riding protection act," establishes new rules for operating all-terrain vehicles, utility task vehicles, and remote-off-road vehicles in New York State. It directly affects anyone who owns or drives these vehicles by requiring operators to be at least sixteen years old and hold a valid driver's license, with limited exceptions for minors under parental supervision on private property. The legislation also limits vehicle speeds to thirty miles per hour unless the vehicle is on a dedicated track, while simultaneously creating a formal registration system for UTVs that includes specific annual fees. Additionally, the bill defines UTVs as four-wheeled side-by-side vehicles and clarifies that agricultural or snowplowing vehicles used exclusively for those purposes are exempt from these regulations.
Authorizes the transfer of funds from the tuition reimbursement account to the proprietary vocational school supervision account in the event that the net balance of the tuition reimbursement account is in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars.
Requires the fee schedule for appropriate current procedural terminology and proprietary laboratory analysis codes be established and regularly updated for all mandatory biomarker precision medical testing coverage by the department of health.
Provides that no individual or entity shall be charged a central business district toll during any period of strike by an employee organization, work stoppage or declared state of emergency that causes a stoppage for more than twenty-four hours or significant delays of any metropolitan transportation authority, metro north commuter railroad, New York city transit authority, or Long Island railroad services.
Authorizes the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to exempt certain residents of the central business district from the central business district toll.
