Asm. Al Stirpe

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes new felony crimes for reckless endangerment of emergency service personnel, including firefighters, police officers, and building inspectors. It defines "reckless endangerment in the second degree" as knowingly altering a building without a required permit, violating building or fire codes in a way that impedes exit, and this conduct results in injury to an emergency service person during an emergency evacuation. The crime becomes "first degree" if the same actions lead to the death of an emergency service person or if the offender has a previous conviction for this offense within ten years. These offenses are classified as Class E and Class D felonies, respectively.

Exempts public school buildings with instructional space from being designated as early polling locations; allows school districts to decline school building designations as early polling locations.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires election commissioners serving on county boards outside New York City to be full-time employees of those boards. It sets a standard of two commissioners per board, with counties having over 120,000 residents allowed to increase this to four via local law. The change applies specifically to election boards in counties outside NYC, altering their commissioner employment structure without affecting NYC-based boards.

Authorizes a microbusiness licensee to change their license type to an adult use cannabis cultivation license, upon the approval of the office of cannabis management; directs the office to promulgate regulations allowing a microbusiness licensee to be licensed and operate without opening a retail storefront.

Authorizes the court where there is criminal possession of stolen property to, in its discretion release the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or order non-monetary conditions in conjunction with fixing bail, or, where the defendant is charged with a qualifying offense which is a felony, the court may commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff; makes related provisions.

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits individuals who have ever acted as "foreign agents" from holding public office or political party positions. It defines a "foreign agent" as someone acting under the direction of a foreign government, organization, or person outside the U.S., or who is significantly controlled or subsidized by such entities. The law amends both the Public Officers Law and Election Law to enforce this restriction. It directly affects candidates and officeholders with ties to foreign governments or entities. The policy change is a clear eligibility requirement, not a new program or funding measure.

Maddy summaryThis bill changes the definition of "aggravated cruelty to animals" by removing the requirement that physical injury must be "serious" to qualify. It now covers intentional killing or causing any physical injury to companion animals when done with extreme pain or in a depraved/sadistic manner. The law directly affects individuals who commit animal cruelty, lowering the threshold for prosecution by no longer requiring severe injury. The key change is simplifying the legal standard to focus on the perpetrator's intent and method rather than the severity of the injury.

Requires orders of custody to state whether law enforcement is authorized to remove a child or children in order to comply with and enforce such orders.

Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature; allows the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature if such public authority files a written notice sixty days prior to the organization of such subsidiary with the governor and the legislature.