Provides for the establishment of school speed limits of not less than fifteen miles per hour by the legislative body of any county or, if so delegated, by the legislative body of any locality within said county on a portion of a state highway, county or town road passing a school building.
Relates to adding additional objects which a person would be guilty of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree if he or she knowingly possesses or sells such objects.
Establishes evidence-based, flexible staffing models for general hospitals and nursing homes; establishes a commission on hospital staffing to review and update hospital staffing models; establishes a commission on nursing home staffing to review and update nursing home staffing models; provides such models shall be based on the best available evidence regarding staffing and patient safety, provide hospitals or nursing homes with the opportunity to adjust staffing levels in response to the relative skill of the professional staff and the current acuity of the patients, address the patient care roles played by direct-care nursing staff, non-nursing direct-care staff, and allied health professionals, and be adaptable to the relative availability of staff in the regional labor market where the facility is located.
Creates a tax credit for small businesses that sell a certain percentage of products produced in New York state; provides such small businesses include independently or privately-owned cafes, restaurants, eateries, bars, pubs, breweries, distilleries, orchards, food trucks, retail stores, farm stands, hotels, or motels.
Requires a three-year moratorium on unfunded mandates from the legislature; invalidates legislation that does not contain a detailed fiscal note identifying a funding source for certain costs to a political subdivision; restores the mandate relief council.
Provides for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of America.
Prohibits price gouging on certain consumer goods sold at thruway gas stations, restaurants, and other facilities.
Provides that a minor from six to sixteen years being absent from full time day instruction for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran shall be excused from school.
Provides for the viewing of photo or video footage captured by a camera installed inside a school bus, by a parent or guardian of a pupil, when such parent, guardian or pupil reports any incident of physical harm, harassment, intimidation or bullying occurring against the pupil while such pupil travelled on such school bus.
Relates to requiring the commissioner of education to create a competition among SUNY and CUNY schools with prizes going to the schools that produce the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2 emissions; the top three schools shall receive a cash prize which shall be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
