Establishes "SNAP for all", a state-funded supplemental nutrition assistance program to provide for those who are excluded from federal SNAP benefits solely due to immigration status; outlines eligibility requirements of applicants and operational requirements of the office of temporary and disability assistance.
Provides a unified funding point advantage for developers creating housing units that provide certain affordable housing which is intended for and dedicated to municipal workers who currently reside in shelters or homeless persons programs.
This bill expands annual reporting requirements for several state health-related funds, directly affecting organizations like the Greater New York ALS Association and state departments including the Department of Health. It mandates that recipients and agencies submit detailed public reports by February 1 each year, including financial statements, grant recipient details, award amounts, purposes of funding, and future financial plans. Reports must be audited by a nationally recognized accounting firm and posted on government websites, with public notifications if delayed beyond the deadline. The changes apply to funds supporting ALS research, autism awareness, and developmental disabilities programs.
S 3669 establishes a 7.8% targeted inflationary increase for designated programs and services for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year, effective April 1, 2025. This increase applies to rates of payments, contracts, or other forms of reimbursement for programs overseen by offices such as mental health, developmental disabilities, addiction services, and services for children, families, victims, and the aging. The bill specifies that this 7.8% increase is inclusive of most other inflationary adjustments for the period, limiting additional new increases. The goal is to help these programs account for the effects of inflation on their operational costs.
Establishes the child victims act fund which provides grant awards in reimbursement to public school districts and voluntary foster care agencies located within the state who have been named as defendants in certain child sexual abuse legal cases and in which it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that no insurance policy for the covered period can be located after a good-faith effort to do so has been made, there was a monetary judgment issued or settlement agreement with regard to such action and where it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that payment in full of such judgment or settlement would put a substantial burden on the district's or agency's ability to execute its mission and negatively impact its existing student population.
This bill authorizes online interactive gaming in New York by allowing licensed casinos and Native American tribes to operate mobile wagering platforms for New York residents. It requires casinos and operators to register with the state gaming commission, pay significant fees ($2 million for casinos, $10 million for contractors), and host servers at licensed facilities. The law defines "authorized participants" as New York residents physically present in the state when placing wagers, and establishes a new tax base on interactive gaming gross revenue. It clarifies that online wagers transmitted to licensed facilities comply with the state constitution's casino gambling limits.
Changes the amount of the exemption permitted for capital improvements to residential buildings to $200,000 where a local law or resolution is adopted on or after January 1, 2026.
This bill (A 5258) prohibits county industrial development agencies from offering financial incentives - such as tax breaks, cash grants, or payments in lieu of taxes - to businesses in any municipality that already operates its own industrial development agency. It directly affects county agencies and municipalities with separate economic development entities, preventing overlapping incentive programs within the same geographic area. The key provision, added to the General Municipal Law, bans county agencies from providing any incentives in municipalities where a local agency exists. The law would take effect two years after enactment.
Relates to Warren county no longer providing community colleges funding with excess funds from the collection of mortgage recording taxes as such money is allocated to the CDTA; extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to an additional Warren county mortgage recording tax to December 1, 2027.
Enacts the "New York state catastrophe fund authority act" for the purpose of facilitating the creation of innovative solutions to property insurance crises and to ensure the viability of insurance carriers in the state; appropriates $10,000,000 to initiate such fund.
