This bill creates a new class B misdemeanor crime for incarcerated individuals who harass facility employees. It specifically prohibits three actions: displaying intimate body parts in view of staff, causing employees to be exposed to such displays, or threatening to expose bodily fluids (blood, urine, etc.). The law directly affects correctional facility staff, parole board employees, mental health personnel, probation officers, and police officers working in these settings. Violations carry penalties of up to 90 days in jail. The bill focuses solely on protecting staff within correctional facilities and related agencies, without altering broader sentencing or release policies.
This bill allows current New York City police officers who previously worked as traffic enforcement agents to count that prior service toward their retirement and pension benefits. Specifically, officers who transferred from traffic enforcement to the police department (before July 2009) can include that time in their service calculation, provided they pay the equivalent contributions they would have made during that period. It directly affects NYC police officers with prior traffic enforcement experience who are now serving in the uniformed police force. The policy change ensures their earlier work is recognized in retirement eligibility without altering existing civil service transfer rules.
Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.
Bill A 8284, known as the "New York State Freedmen's Bureau Act," establishes the New York State Freedmen's Bureau. This bureau is tasked with developing and administering programs focused on community life, education, and workforce development. It will also connect individuals with their lineage, including through genealogical research. The bill specifies that "American Freedmen" - defined as descendants of persons enslaved in the U.S. who were emancipated in 1863 or 1865 and have experienced rights despoilment due to slavery's legacy - will be the sole beneficiaries of these programs. An appropriation of $50 million is allocated to fund the bureau's operations.
Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.
Provides that the court shall not reduce jury awards as excessive in employment discrimination actions unless the court finds exceptional circumstances which compel the conclusion that the jury was influenced by partiality, prejudice, mistake or corruption or that remittitur or additur is necessary to avoid a complete miscarriage of justice.
This bill (S 4175) changes how attorney fees are awarded in human rights law cases in New York. It allows courts or the Human Rights Division to award reasonable attorney fees to a winning plaintiff or complainant in cases under the Human Rights Law. Defendants can only recover fees if they prove the case was "frivolous" (filed without reasonable basis or to harass), and must request fees in writing. The bill also clarifies that expert witness fees follow the same rules and prevents the Human Rights Division from being liable for fees except when acting as an employer.
Establishes the relocated worker grant program which requires the empire state development corporation to design and implement the relocated worker grant program which shall include a certification process to certify relocated workers and certify qualifying expenses for a reimbursement grant; defines terms; makes related provisions.
Establishes the relocated worker grant program which requires the empire state development corporation to design and implement the relocated worker grant program which shall include a certification process to certify relocated workers and certify qualifying expenses for a reimbursement grant; defines terms; makes related provisions.
Assembly Resolution No. 367 is a procedural bill that memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to officially proclaim April 21-25, 2025, as Work Zone Awareness Week in the State of New York. This proclamation aims to bring attention to motorist and worker safety in construction work zones.
