S 4184 requires New York's mental hygiene commissioner to create a public awareness program about heroin risks, targeting high-risk groups through public service announcements and interactive media. The program must cover specific topics like overdose treatment, New York's Good Samaritan law, addiction demographics, and the HOPEline support service, and must be widely distributed via social media and a downloadable website resource. The bill appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund to fund this program, which will be administered by the Office of Addiction Services and Supports. It directly affects the public by increasing access to heroin-related education and resources.
This bill requires the New York City Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC) to pay a bond issuance charge to the state when issuing certain bonds. Specifically, it applies to bonds needing new allocation from the state's annual bond volume ceiling or a carry-forward of private activity bond authority. The charge must be paid to the State Department of Taxation and Finance within 15 days after the month the bonds are issued. This change modifies existing law to clarify and apply the charge solely to NYCHDC's qualifying bond issuances.
Allows volunteer firefighters or emergency services personnel to attend training required under 19 NYCRR 426 without being penalized by their employer; creates tax incentives for employing volunteer firefighters or emergency services personnel.
Retroactively adjusts the compensation of formerly incarcerated individuals who were unjustly convicted; exempts such adjusted income from state income taxes.
Enacts the "hemp beverage and taxation act"; defines cannabinoid hemp beverage; prohibits the sale of cannabinoid hemp beverages to persons twenty-one years of age or older; provides requirements for the product or labeling of such products; provides for offenses for persons under the age of twenty-one years who purchase or attempt to purchase a cannabinoid hemp beverage through fraudulent means and persons who procure such beverages for persons under the age of twenty-one years; imposes advertising requirements; imposes a tax on cannabinoid hemp products; provides for the disbursement of revenues collected pursuant to Article 20-e of the Tax Law.
Extends the effectiveness of certain sections of law relating to real property tax exemptions for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
Establishes eligibility for a tax exemption on real property for enrolled members of ocean rescue squads in certain municipalities; repeals a section of law relating to the eligibility of enrolled members of Southampton Village Ocean Rescue for a tax exemption on real property.
Creates the "I love NY outdoors" program; such program shall require the commissioner of economic development to develop a marketing strategy that would promote New York as a premiere destination for hunting and fishing; appropriates $2,500,000 therefor.
Bill A 8015 provides emergency funding to ensure the continued operation of state government from April 1, 2025, through April 24, 2025. This bill appropriates funds for the salaries and benefits of state officers and employees across the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It also covers non-personal service liabilities and general state charges, such as health insurance and social security contributions. This temporary measure allows essential government functions to continue until the full state budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2025, is enacted.
Establishes the New York state first home grant program; directs the commissioner of homes and community renewal, in consultation with the state comptroller, to implement such program; provides assistance on behalf of a first time home buyer qualified for such program; and for costs in connection with the acquisition, involving an eligible mortgage loan, of an eligible home, including downpayment costs, closing costs, and costs to reduce the rates of interest on eligible mortgage loans; subsidies to make shared equity homes affordable to home buyers by discounting the price for which the home will be sold and to preserve the affordability of the home for subsequent home buyers; and pre-occupancy home modifications required to accommodate qualified home buyers or members of their household with disabilities; excludes the amount of any grant to any first time home buyer awarded or any federal first time home buyer grant program from taxable income for the purpose of calculating New York adjusted gross income.
