Creates a program to award state financial aid for social work services to be provided in libraries located in economically disadvantaged communities to enhance and expand access to services in places where individuals seek assistance and resources.
Adopts the psychology interjurisdictional compact to increase public access to psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice and temporary in-person services across state lines.
This bill allows New York City correction and sanitation workers to borrow from their retirement savings. Specifically, it amends city retirement rules to permit these members (who were previously excluded) to borrow up to 75% of their accumulated retirement contributions, with interest. Borrowers must have at least three years of continuous service and repay the loan through payroll deductions over time. The bill removes prior restrictions that prevented these workers from accessing this borrowing option available to other city employees. It directly affects NYC correction and sanitation workers enrolled in specific retirement systems.
S 1679 grants peace officer status under New York law to uniformed court officers employed by the town of Montgomery's court. This directly affects those specific officers, allowing them certain legal authorities while serving at the Montgomery town court. The bill adds a new provision to the criminal procedure law clarifying that this status does not authorize carrying or possessing firearms without a separate license under the penal law. The law would take effect immediately upon passage. The bill is currently referred to the Codes committee for review.
Bill A 8178 proposes to increase the mandatory retirement age for specific members of the New York Police Department. It changes the mandatory retirement age from 62 to 65 for police members who become subject to the relevant retirement law provisions on or after July 1, 2025. The bill amends sections 501 and 503 of the retirement and social security law to reflect this change and adjust early service retirement options accordingly.
Prohibits a property owner from enforcing or adopting a restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being displayed or affixed on any entry door or entry doorframe of a dwelling.
This bill changes election law to require that election commissioners serving on boards outside New York City must be full-time employees of those boards. It sets a minimum of two full-time commissioners per board, with counties having over 120,000 residents allowed to increase this to four via local law. Political parties must be eligible to recommend an equal number of commissioners for appointment. The bill directly affects election boards in upstate counties and the commissioners who serve on them. It takes effect immediately upon passage.
Permits unvented attics and unvented enclosed rafter assemblies to be sealed with air-impermeable insulation in order to help attain building decarbonization goals.
Establishes an indirect source review for heavy distribution warehouse operations; requires the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study regarding zero-emissions zones.
Establishes the nutrient inactivant application permit to allow for the use of products used for controlling phosphorus levels in lakes or ponds to prevent and inhibit harmful algal blooms.
This bill would expand family leave protections to include employees who are recovering from a stillbirth. It directly affects workers who experience pregnancy loss by adding stillbirth recovery to the list of qualifying reasons for taking unpaid leave under the state's workers' compensation law. The key provision amends existing definitions to allow employees to take leave during the first twelve months after a stillbirth, treating it similarly to leave taken to bond with a newborn child. The bill would take effect 90 days after becoming law if it were to pass both legislative chambers.
Relates to the administration of reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections; provides that no pharmacist shall administer reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of health.
