New York Bills

This bill establishes specific criteria for courts to determine if someone staying in a hotel or rooming house is a "transient occupant" rather than a tenant. Under the new rules, a person is considered a tenant if they have lived in the property for at least thirty consecutive days and lack a primary residence elsewhere, such as proof of another home, voter registration, or a local job. The legislation clarifies that individuals who enter property without permission, known as squatters, are not considered tenants. Consequently, landlords must follow special legal procedures to remove tenants or lawful occupants, while the definitions provided aim to distinguish between temporary guests and those with established residency.

Requires the fee schedule for appropriate current procedural terminology and proprietary laboratory analysis codes be established and regularly updated for all mandatory biomarker precision medical testing coverage by the department of health.

Limits certain charging practices by companies that provide prepaid telephone calling cards and increases fines for violations of limitation requirements.

This bill establishes standardized rules for family and friends visiting incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities. It mandates that facilities allow in-person visits with physical contact every day of the week, including holidays, and requires processing visitors within one hour of their arrival. The legislation also creates systems to track and publicly report wait times, ensures visiting schedules are posted online, and defines specific procedures for security searches and medical exemptions.

Provides five hundred employment slots for first responders who performed their duties in the area of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks in the weeks and months thereafter and suffered a service-related disability as a result of being exposed to toxins.

Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status issued by OTDA as evidence of identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card.

This bill establishes a temporary fuel tax holiday for motor fuel, diesel, and fuel gas that lasts until hostilities with Iran end and the Strait of Hormuz reopens. It directly affects retail sellers, such as gas stations, and utility companies by exempting them from specific state sales taxes during this period. To ensure consumers see lower prices, the law requires businesses to reduce their fuel rates by the amount of taxes they would have otherwise paid. Additionally, the bill allows these businesses to advertise the tax-free status of their fuel and provides a process for them to receive tax credits for prepaid amounts.

Authorizes radiologic technologists to perform radiography services under collaborative practice agreements; defines "collaborative practice agreement" as an agreement between a radiologic technologist and a licensed physician which does not require the direct supervision of the licensed physician when administering certain radiography services; sets forth requirements for collaborative practice agreements.

Authorizes the use of fully autonomous vehicles in Albany and Rensselaer counties until July 1, 2028; provides for operation, licensing, insurance, duties following crashes, on-demand autonomous vehicle networks, registration and titles, operation by human drivers, and related provisions.

Enacts the "bank of New York city act" which allows for and establishes the mechanism to establish a municipal public bank in a city with a population of a million or more.

Requires state properties which utilize irrigation for landscaped areas to be equipped with smart irrigation systems; provides that new construction or projects involving the installation or substantial rehabilitation of irrigation systems shall utilize smart irrigation systems; provides that existing irrigation systems on state property shall be converted to smart irrigation systems within five years; provides for exemptions.

Provides that when a drug is designated or rescheduled by the federal government, it shall be deemed scheduled under NYS law automatically, without further action by the commissioner.