Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.
Relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows students in New York State schools to earn physical education credits by completing state-approved lifeguard certification training courses. It requires the Board of Regents to create rules enabling these courses to count toward the mandatory physical education requirements. The policy directly affects high school students who complete approved lifeguard training programs, potentially reducing the need for separate physical education classes. The change applies only to courses meeting state standards for lifeguard certification, not general physical education instruction.
Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a legal right for prospective buyers of residential homes, condominium units, and cooperative apartments to have a licensed home inspector examine the property within 10 days (or a longer agreed-upon period) after the seller accepts an offer. It prohibits sellers from conditioning offer acceptance on buyers waiving this inspection right, except in limited cases like family sales or auctions. Purchase offers must include specific language explaining this inspection right and the buyer’s option to withdraw if major defects are found at significant repair costs. Sellers who violate these rules face liability for damages or civil penalties up to 4% of the sale price (capped at $10,000).
Regulates an artificial person's contributions towards election and ballot-issue activity; provides limitations on the general powers of a corporation.
Enacts the "New York affordable drug manufacturing act" to direct the commissioner of health to enter into partnerships to increase competition, lower prices, and address shortages in the market for generic prescription drugs, to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for public and private purchasers, taxpayers, and consumers, and to increase patient access to affordable drugs.
Establishes the buy American, buy union grant program and the buy American, buy union grant fund for the purpose of providing grants to municipal subdivisions to reimburse such municipal subdivisions for the costs of procuring consumer or commercial vehicles which are union-made.
Establishes the New York State social housing development authority as a public benefit corporation to increase the supply of permanently affordable housing in the state through the acquisition of land and renovation or rehabilitation of existing real property, and through the construction of new, permanently affordable housing.
Maddy summaryThis bill (A 9268) requires all new drivers to complete a mandatory 30-minute "Work Zone Safety" module as part of their driver's license pre-licensing course. It directly affects new license applicants by mandating education on work zone dangers, legal obligations (like yielding to emergency vehicles), and consequences of violations. Key provisions include a curriculum covering work zone signage, barriers, lane shifts, photo speed enforcement, and real-world safety consequences, developed with input from transportation and safety experts. The module must be documented in the applicant's licensing record and include at least one exam question on safe work zone driving.
Directs the office of the state comptroller to conduct a study on establishing a universal pension system in the state of New York; requires the office of the state comptroller to submit a report of such study.
