Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals.
Asm. Steve Stern
Sponsored bills
Clarifies the eligibility of an employment agency for status as a small business for division of minority and women's business development programs by changing the basis from number of employees to annual receipts.
Prohibits the operation of establishments where animals and/or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food; establishes a task force on public health risks and animal welfare concerns of slaughterhouses.
Requires any American flag and New York state flag sold in New York state to be manufactured in the United States.
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
Relates to the purchase of personal protective equipment and medical supplies produced or manufactured in the state of New York.
Establishes the volunteer firefighters of New York higher education learning plan.
Relates to additional apportionment of building aid for certain projects; defines an eligible school construction project as one that is entirely funded from capital outlays and has a total project cost of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or less.
Adds drug and domestic violence offenses and crimes that result in death or serious physical injury as qualifying offenses for bail.
Increases the child and dependent care tax credit.