New York Bills

Establishes a framework for eliminating the use of plastic bags by certain stores, with limited exceptions; includes a requirement for certain stores to supply reuseable or recycled paper bags to recipients of SNAP and WIC benefits at no cost; establishes a "reuseable grocery bag fund".

Relates to credits for charges in which services were not supplied; requires the city of New York to make certain that there are no charges being levied for services which were not supplied to a covered entity; requires accounts to be credited for services not provided.

Increases the amount of the salary paid to any career and technical education teacher, supervisor or other employee of a program of the board of cooperative educational services that is considered to be an approved expense for purposes of state allocation.

Establishes the animal abuser registration act.

Relates to working as a teaching assistant accruing time towards certification and ensuring equal treatment of certificate holders by schools.

Relates to requiring a service center for independent living to be located in the county of Ontario.

Relates to school district bonds and notification to taxpayers; requires school districts when presenting a budget for the fiscal year, to notify taxpayers and disclose the amount of the outstanding bonds and the amount of such bonds which shall expire in the respective fiscal year; provides for a separate line on every taxpayer's bill for the amount of taxes which were paid on such bonds in the respective fiscal year.

Enacts the "New York state property taxpayers' protection act"; relates to limitations upon school district tax levies; requires the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts; requires the estimated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill; relates to the streamlining of planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services; relates to the effectiveness of additional costs to school districts; relates to state payment of all optional medical assistance services and to the state reimbursement of county payments for medical assistance fraud, waste and abuse detection software; relates to the oversight of school district contracts and spending; establishes a municipal cooperation program; authorizes a county to enter into a cooperative agreement with school districts, towns and villages within such county to provide for health care benefits for their employees.

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; also provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor is absent from the state and the case in which the temporary president of the senate is absent from the state.

Provides that all residential leases shall contain a detailed description of tenant's statutory rights including among others, warranty of habitability, willful violation of lease, right to participate in tenants' associations, no eviction for good faith complaint, utility payment offset and sublet rights; grants tenant the right to install extra locks; sets out landlord obligations with respect to heating and oil delivery.

Designates the month of September as firefighter, police officer and emergency medical technician appreciation month.

Authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations which enable superintendents and schools to purchase material goods and supplies directly from vendors or suppliers when such products are available at prices or other terms more economically beneficial for the purposes of the acquiring superintendent or school.