Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law; authorizes a not-for-profit entity to administer the program.
Add the chief professional officer of 2-1-1 New York state to the disaster preparedness commission.
Adds telephone numbers to a do-not-call list at the outset of certain telemarketing calls.
Requires the website of each contractor and vendor who provides services pursuant to a state contract to conform any website provided pursuant to such contract with the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility, or any successor standards.
Authorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce the speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour.
Requires employment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service website.
Authorizes the county of Madison to impose an additional real estate transfer tax of up to two dollars per each five hundred dollars.
Designates portions of the state highway system as "The Disabled American Veterans - New York Medal of Honor Highway" and the "New York Medal of Honor Highway"; renames the "Sergeant Jonathan Gollnitz Memorial Highway" as the "Sergeant Jonathan Gollnitz - New York Medal of Honor Highway".
Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.
Permits the Canastota central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund.
