Asm. Brian Maher

Maddy summaryThis bill allows Orange County to withdraw from the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District (MCTD), the regional agency managing commuter rail services. To withdraw, Orange County must submit a public transportation plan ensuring continued rail service to New York City, secure a rail service agreement, and gain approval from the transportation commissioner. The bill specifically deems Orange County as having planned withdrawal within one year of the bill's effective date, streamlining its exit. This is a procedural change affecting Orange County's transit operations and its relationship with the MCTD, without creating new services or funding.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires courts to consider bail for specific offenses targeting schools or students, including threats of mass harm, aggravated harassment, or terroristic threats against school districts, staff, or students. It amends criminal procedure law to mandate bail consideration when a defendant is charged with these offenses while already out on release or awaiting arraignment for a related crime. Prosecutors must show reasonable cause the defendant committed the offense, but courts may still release defendants on their own recognizance if the alleged harm (like minor property damage) is deemed negligible and unrelated to other criminal activity. The bill directly affects defendants charged with these school-targeted offenses during pretrial proceedings.

Maddy summaryThis 2004 bill requires the Public Service Commission to hold public hearings at least 90 days before deciding on utility rate increases, fees, rentals, or charges. The hearings must occur in the specific area affected by the proposed increase, allowing residents to share comments and ask questions directly to both the utility company and the commission. It applies to all utility rate changes and mandates this public input step before any approval decision. The law took effect 90 days after enactment, with necessary rule changes allowed before that date.

Requires the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least forty percent and to notify such customers of bill assistance programs by posting on the utility company's website.

Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year.

Authorizes the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of East Atlantic Beach.

Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty or the spouse of such, which shall bear the words "Wounded in the Line of Duty"; includes the New York state sheriff's association, New York state association of chiefs of police, police benevolent association of the New York state troopers, the New York state police benevolent association, and the New York city police benevolent association; provides that proceeds from the service charge shall be used for a fund to assist wounded/fallen officers and their families.

Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.

Authorizes school districts to submit an opt-out waiver to the commissioner of education authorizing such districts to opt-out of certain zero-emission school bus requirements.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits the use of the terms "sex work," "sex worker," "sex-work," and "sex-worker" in all legal documents, including laws, regulations, rules, and resolutions. It directly affects state government agencies, courts, and legislators who draft or reference legal language. The bill requires replacing these terms with alternative phrasing in all official state communications and legal materials. This is a procedural change to standardize terminology in state law, not a policy shift on related issues.