Relates to the number of signatures for independent nominating petitions; decreases the number of signatures and votes to 15,000 signatures for statewide candidates and 50,000 votes to maintain party ballot status; changes the petition period to 12 weeks and the petitioning time to May-August.
Increases the maximum percentage allowed to be deposited from surplus revenues into the state tax stabilization reserve fund to 4 percent.
Relates to the sufficiency of itemization in the state budget; requires budget bills to clearly reference the section in the accompanying bill or bills where the corresponding appropriation or reappropriation can be located and requires that the legislature not act upon bills that neglect to do so.
Makes technical changes to provisions providing for certification for service as a retired judge of the court of appeals or a retired justice of the supreme court.
Prohibits the legislature from recessing after the start of the state fiscal year until it has passed a budget; allows recess during such period for public holidays.
Establishes the crimes of assault on a pregnant woman in the second degree as a class D felony and assault on a pregnant woman in the first degree as a class C felony.
Relates to a ten-year state takeover of the local share of Medicaid outside of New York city; provides a twenty-year state takeover of fifty percent of the local share of Medicaid in New York city; creates a commission to reform public assistance benefits; expands the state earned income tax credit from thirty percent to forty-five percent of the federal credit amount; offers the option for individuals to receive the state earned income tax credit in monthly installments; expands the child and dependent care tax credit; provides for state assumption of the growth in property taxes for school districts and local governments that remain under the real property tax cap; creates a real property tax redesign team required to produce recurring savings; subjects New York city to the property tax cap.
Relates to establishing the born alive abortion survivors' protection act.
Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Helen's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators.
Excludes claims for unemployment insurance arising as a result of an employer closing his or her business because of novel coronavirus COVID-19, from an employer's experience rating charges.
