Establishes the mobile and manufactured home replacement program to eliminate older mobile and manufactured homes and replace them with new manufactured, modular or site-built homes; makes related provisions.
Maddy summaryThis bill grants fire marshals in the town of Shelter Island, Suffolk County, the legal status of peace officers. The change allows these officials to enforce laws related to fire safety and other duties associated with peace officer authority. The legislation includes a specific provision stating that fire marshals may not carry, possess, repair, or dispose of firearms unless they have obtained the proper license. This update takes effect immediately upon passage.
Maddy summaryThis bill grants court officers employed by the town of Shelter Island in Suffolk County the official status of peace officers. Under the new provision, these officers gain the authority to perform duties associated with peace officer status, though they must still obtain a specific license to carry, possess, repair, or dispose of firearms. The change applies immediately to the existing court officers in that specific town and does not affect court officers in other locations.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires the state Department of Transportation to create a toll-free hotline and a website where drivers can report potholes and other defects on state highways and bridges. The online system will allow users to submit reports with or without providing their contact information, view a map of reported issues, and track the status of repairs. The department must update the list of defects and repairs at least once every five days and keep records for a minimum of 365 days. Additionally, the law mandates that the department share defect reports with local officials for county and town roads and coordinate with the Thruway Authority to include those roads in the reporting system.
Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.
Prohibits the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater wetlands for local governments that have implemented a freshwater wetlands protection law; provides that any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect on the first day of January after it shall have been adopted.
Requires the office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to establish standards for the closing of segments of trails on the Empire state trail, and provide notice of such closings to the public.
Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Triborough bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.
Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" to provide a testimonial privilege for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling.
