New York Bills

Provides for the inclusion of a check off box on personal income tax return forms for the purpose of making a gift to the William B. Hoyt Memorial Children and Family trust fund for child abuse prevention.

Decreases the amount of alcohol in a person's system necessary to be considered to be intoxicated while hunting.

Authorizes a person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Lewis to reside in an adjoining county within the state.

Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater to December 31, 2021.

Establishes permitted variations from generally accepted accounting principles for the purposes of determining a deficit with respect to the budget and accounts of the city of New York.

Provides that certain coordinated applications for state aid be submitted by the public library system.

Authorizes the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York on its own motion or on the motion of a party to join the department of social services of the city of New York as a party in any action or proceeding wherein the failure of a recipient of or applicant for public assistance to pay rent is at issue; also permits the court to join the division of adult protective services of the city of New York, where appropriate.

Relates to mandating training of direct care workers in adverse childhood experiences.

Relates to extending the effectiveness of the New York state ocean acidification task force from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2023 and to requiring an interim report and hearing by the task force.

Requires the inclusion of instruction in ethical business practices and recent legal matters in the continuing education requirements for real estate licensees.

Provides that when a local social services district is in contact with a relative or non-relative kinship caregiver or a suitable person who the district has approached about being a kinship caregiver, such district shall provide written information to such caregivers or prospective suitable persons; further provides that such information shall include, but not be limited to, information relating to child only grants; information about how to become a kinship foster parent and other options for care; and information on how to contact the department of family assistance kinship programs and any resources funded through or operating in the local social services district for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers, including those that provide supportive services for all relative and non-relative kinship caregivers in the district.

Incorporates resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures of project applicants into a uniform tax exemption policy.