This bill establishes a community housing fund in Rochester to provide affordable housing opportunities for residents. It offers financial assistance (up to 50% of a home's purchase price) to first-time homebuyers who live in or work for the town and have household incomes at or below 100% of Ulster County's state-set low-income threshold. The fund can also be used to build, rehabilitate, or rent affordable housing units for eligible residents, financed through local taxes, grants, and other town revenues. An advisory board of community representatives will oversee the fund's operations and ensure compliance with affordability guidelines.
Permits structures to remain where the local permitting authority has issued a permit for construction built within a certain erosion hazard area or tidal wetland adjacent area.
Provides that host counties and host municipalities of commercial gaming facilities receive no reduction in appropriated aid after gaming facilities licensed under title two-A of article 13 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law have commenced gaming operations.
Requires an annual statement of wage parity hours and expenses to be accompanied by an independent accountant's report on applying agreed upon procedures on the annual compliance statement of wage parity, hours and expenses prior to payments for home care services by government agencies.
Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Gurdwara Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, Inc. for all of the 2023 general taxes.
This bill (A 3508) directs New York's health department to study how doulas - support staff for pregnant people - can be better integrated into hospitals and birthing centers. The study will examine current practices, identify successful programs in New York and other states, and recommend specific criteria for facilities to become "doula friendly" (e.g., visitor status, inclusion in birth rooms, data collection). It does not change existing laws but will produce a final report by December 2027 with recommendations for the state and healthcare facilities. The goal is to improve access to doula care within the maternal health system.
Enacts protections for private education loan borrowers and cosigners; requires certain notifications from creditors and debt collectors; prohibits acceleration; enacts provisions for cosigner release.
This bill grants Michael Posillico retroactive membership in New York's state and local employees' retirement system, effective May 6, 2002 - the date he began working as a park attendant/dockworker for the Town of Brookhaven. It designates him as a Tier IV member (a specific retirement classification) if he submits a written request to the state comptroller within one year of the bill's effective date. The state of New York will cover all past costs associated with this retroactive membership. The bill directly affects only Michael Posillico, correcting a past administrative error that prevented his enrollment during his Brookhaven employment.
Extends the time period from eighteen years to twenty-five years that a school shall be guaranteed recovery of energy performance contract costs from energy savings incurred by school districts over that time period.
This bill, the "Criminal Court Opinion Transparency Act," requires New York courts to publish detailed statistics about criminal cases online, including defendant demographics (age, gender, race, ethnicity), judge information, and case outcomes. It mandates that this data be made available in machine-readable tabular format for free public download, updated quarterly, and accessible through a searchable online database. The bill also requires court clerks to automatically transmit criminal court opinions to the state reporter in machine-readable format within five days of issuance, without cost to municipalities. These changes aim to increase public access to judicial decision-making processes in criminal cases.
This bill designates a specific bridge section on Route 5 in Buffalo (spanning the waterfront between Fuhrmann Boulevard and Church Street) as the "Fallen Skywalkers Memorial Bridge" for ceremonial purposes. It requires the state transportation commissioner to install and maintain signage for this name only, clarifying that the official highway name remains unchanged to avoid confusion or commerce disruption. The bill directly affects the physical bridge location in Erie County, Buffalo, with no policy or legal changes to transportation operations. As a purely ceremonial naming measure, it does not alter infrastructure, funding, or regulations.
This bill requires most large employer-sponsored health insurance plans in New York to cover acupuncture services when prescribed by a qualified healthcare provider. Specifically, it mandates that plans covering physician office services or major medical coverage must include acupuncture treatment (as defined by law) without denying coverage based on the provider's scope of practice. Plans may still apply standard cost-sharing rules like deductibles, co-pays, or benefit limits for these services. The law directly affects health insurers and employers offering large group health plans, effective 90 days after enactment.
