This bill establishes a Students' Bill of Rights for CUNY institutions to protect student communication, governance, and free expression. It requires schools to create clear policies on student messaging, conduct hearings, and student representation in decision-making bodies. The law also guarantees student journalists editorial control over school media, protects them from retaliation, and ensures student activity fees are allocated by elected student representatives. These changes aim to formalize student rights in areas like free speech, self-governance, and media operations within the university system.
Enacts the "no gambling ads for kids act" under which certain covered platforms and social media platforms are prohibited from advertising a service permitting gaming-related gambling, predictive market wagering, online sweepstakes gaming, sports-related gambling, and/or traditional online gambling to minors.
This bill prohibits the distribution or publishing of political communications that use artificially generated or significantly altered media, such as deepfakes, when the creator knows the content is deceptive. It requires anyone distributing such material to clearly label it as manipulated, with specific disclosure rules for visual and audio formats. The law bans using these deceptive images or videos to influence elections without the consent of the people depicted, except for satire, news reporting, or paid broadcasts that include disclaimers. Candidates whose likeness appears in unauthorized deceptive media can seek legal relief, including court orders and cost recovery. The restrictions take effect on January 1, 2027.
This bill allows local governments to post legal notices on their official websites instead of publishing them in newspapers. To use this option, a municipality must first pass a local law authorizing online notifications and then display clear public notices both physically within the community and prominently on its website. The online notices must remain visible for the same duration that state or local laws require for newspaper publication. This change aims to modernize how local governments share official information while maintaining transparency through required public awareness measures.
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Directs the public service commission to provide for the availability of virtual access to and participation by parties and non-parties in all proceedings and public sessions of the commission, to the extent that such parties and non-parties would be permitted to access and participate in such proceedings and public sessions in person.
Relates to offenses involving theft of identity; creates five tiers of crimes, based on the financial loss to the victim(s) and the number of people victimized.
This bill extends the expiration date for provisions related to the New York Telecommunications Relay Service Center from June 30, 2027, to June 30, 2030. The change directly affects the legal framework governing this center, which provides communication services for individuals with hearing or speech disabilities. By amending the Public Service Law, the bill ensures the center's operational provisions remain in effect for an additional three years. The legislation takes effect immediately upon passage.
This bill allows local governments to post legal notices on their official websites instead of publishing them in newspapers. Municipalities must first pass a local law to enable this option and then display at least three physical signs throughout the community and a prominent statement on their website explaining that notices will only appear online. The notices must remain visible on the website for the required duration specified by state or local law. This change aims to modernize how local governments share official information with the public.
Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.
This bill establishes a personal right of publicity in New York, allowing individuals to prevent the unauthorized use of their name, likeness, or voice for advertising, trade, or profit-generating websites without written consent. It specifically empowers the attorney general to order removal of unconsented content from websites generating ad revenue or profit if the person suffers harassment, financial loss, or other harm, with fines for non-compliance. The law excludes news, political campaigns, public information sites, and certain business uses (like product endorsements or photography exhibitions) from these requirements. It directly affects people whose images are used without permission and website operators monetizing such content. The bill does not alter existing copyright or federal rights.
