Relates to the New York state district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program; allows absence because of uniformed service, maternity/paternity, FMLA, or due to compensable injury to be creditable time.
Relates to the issuance of securing orders; relates to release under non-monetary conditions; relates to electronic monitoring; requires a rehearing after five days in custody for certain principals.
Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.
Establishes that no person who has previously provided a DNA sample shall be required to pay a DNA databank fee for their conviction for a subsequent designated offense unless such sample has been expunged.
Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards.
Requires employers to provide up to ten additional days of unpaid leave for absences when the employee or employee's family member has been the victim of domestic violence, a family offense, sexual offense, stalking or human trafficking upon the employee's request for reasons related to such offense or offenses.
Relates to the provision of grants to eligible school districts to cover the costs of school resource officers employed at schools in such districts; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.
This bill requires all public schools to include age-appropriate anti-gun violence education as part of regular classroom instruction. It directly affects every public school in the state, mandating that teachers integrate this topic into their curriculum. The education department will develop or approve specific curricula and rules, allowing schools to adapt content locally while ensuring all materials meet state standards. Schools must also provide necessary facilities, time, and learning resources to implement this instruction.
Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database; authorizes firearms licenses of persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database to be suspended or revoked; requires the superintendent of state police to search the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database each year and report findings to appropriate enforcement agencies in order to suspend or revoke appropriate licenses.
Relates to unsealing unfounded child abuse and maltreatment reports upon a court order finding that justice requires the information in such reports is necessary for the determination of charges being investigated by a grand jury or for the purposes of prosecuting a violation of the penal law or otherwise necessary for the furtherance of justice.
