This bill creates a statewide green alert system designed to help locate missing military members who suffer from mental illnesses like post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries. The program allows these individuals to opt in, and when they go missing, law enforcement agencies must verify their condition and report the case to a state division that coordinates the response. Once activated, the alert is distributed through media outlets and dynamic highway signs to gather information and aid in recovery while protecting the missing person's privacy. The legislation also includes an opt-out procedure for military members who do not wish to participate in the system.
Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.
Provides that when property, regardless of its nature and value, is taken from the person of another and the victim is 65 years of age or older or such property is obtained by extortion and the victim is 65 years of age or older, such crimes shall be grand larceny in the third degree and subject to a class D felony.
This bill creates a special optional retirement plan specifically for state correction officers in New York. Under the new rules, eligible officers can choose to retire after completing twenty years of service or upon reaching age sixty-two, whichever comes first. Those who retire after twenty years would receive a pension equal to one-fortieth of their final average salary for each year of service, capped at half their final salary, while those retiring at age sixty-two without twenty years of service would also receive an additional pension benefit. The state would fund these increased benefits through extra contributions calculated by the retirement system actuary and included in the annual state budget.
This bill requires students under 21 who are found using or possessing electronic cigarettes or vaping products in school to attend a mandatory prevention program. The law also mandates that their parents or guardians be notified and required to attend the same session. The program, developed by the Department of Health in collaboration with the Department of Education, aims to educate students, parents, and school staff about the health risks of vaping and includes age-appropriate instructional materials.
This bill amends the Civil Service Law to remove the maximum age limit of 35 for hiring municipal police officers. It allows individuals older than 35 to apply for police positions, provided they meet other merit and fitness requirements. The change also extends the maximum hiring age to 39 for certain situations where eligible lists are exhausted and no other candidates are available. Additionally, the legislation includes specific exceptions for applicants with up to six years of military service and those with prior employment at the Buffalo municipal housing authority. The new rules would take effect approximately 180 days after the bill becomes law.
Establishes the crimes of carjacking in first, second and third degrees, as the stealing of a motor vehicle from a person or presence of another person through the use or threatened use of force; increases penalties for causing injury to such victim, displaying a real or fake gun or using such a weapon; provides that all carjackings are violent felony offenses.
This bill allows public employees, including those in state agencies, school districts, and municipalities, to take paid time off to work as election poll workers. Under the new rules, eligible workers can request up to eight hours of leave per year for this purpose without it counting against their other vacation or sick days. The legislation also gives officials the authority to set specific guidelines for how employees must request and get approval for this time. Additionally, the bill ensures that these new provisions do not override any existing collective bargaining agreements or labor rights.
This bill updates the cost-of-living adjustment rules for public retirees, including those in the education system and city of New York. It changes the maximum annual increase from three percent to five percent, effective September 1, 2025, while keeping the minimum increase at one percent. The adjustments will continue to be calculated based on fifty percent of the annual inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
This bill creates a new Hospice and Palliative Care Workgroup within the state Department of Health to study and improve end-of-life care services in New York. The group will include representatives from various government agencies, universities, medical organizations, and patient advocates who will meet to identify gaps in current care, review financial incentives, and develop strategies for expanding high-quality services. Members will serve one-year terms without pay and must submit an initial report of their findings and recommendations by December 31, 2023, to state leaders and health officials. The legislation is temporary, set to expire five years after it takes effect, at which point the workgroup and its provisions will be automatically repealed.
Relates to requiring telephones capable of making local and long-distance telephone calls be in every nursing home patient's room, either at such patient's bedside or in the patient's room depending on the patient's mobility.
Relates to the classification of the drug xylazine as a schedule I controlled substance, and to the criminal sale and possession of xylazine or preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing xylazine.
