Authorizes a personal income tax credit for solar energy systems purchased and installed at a residence.
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
Exempts from sales and use tax zero-emission school buses and any and all parts and pieces of equipment used in their operation.
Provides a payroll tax credit for compensation of journalists; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home.
Modifies the amount of credit for cider, wine, and liquor produced in NYS under the alcoholic beverage production credit; provides parity with beer credit based on the taxes for cider, wine, and liquor.
Includes fuel-flexible linear generators which do not utilize a fossil fuel resource in the process of generating electricity as qualifying as renewable energy systems.
Authorizes cities and towns, except a city with a population of one million or more, to establish community preservation funds; authorizes such cities and towns to impose a real estate transfer tax with revenues to be deposited in such funds; makes related provisions.
Provides for findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole.
Adds arts and music education as a common school branch that should be incorporated into the public school curriculum to provide a more well-rounded education for children.
