Makes tuition free for New York state residents serving as volunteer firefighters at SUNY and CUNY schools and community colleges.
Provides for the transfer of the regional state park police to the division of state police.
Relates to unlawful dealing in real property, when a person uses material governmental information, which he or she knows or has reason to know is non-public, to purchase or sell real property; makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.
Expands Medicaid coverage to include abortion services and travel-related expenses uncovered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents; provides such travel-related expenses include those for such members, or their spouses or dependents, located within another state or a foreign country where they could not legally receive such services due to such active duty status.
Relates to repeated instances of harassment giving rise to a charge of aggravated harassment in the second degree and harassment in the first degree; clarifies that the victim of such separate offenses does not need to be the same individual.
Relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection.
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.
Requires the cannabis control board to provide notice to state legislative representatives upon receipt of application for an adult-use cannabis retail dispensary or on-site consumption license in their district.
Provides that any claim for deceptive acts or practices against a distribution utility providing gas, electric or steam services to the public, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such claim without regard to any defenses alleged; provides that in any claim for false advertising, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such claim.
Provides an exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 for a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes; authorizes local governments to elect such incentives; repeals the hybrid exemption after ten years.
