Asm. Al Stirpe

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies the rules for employers leaving the state workers' compensation insurance fund by requiring them to provide a 30-day written notice before their insurance contract is cancelled. Under the new provisions, the fund must file a notice of cancellation at least ten days prior to the effective date, and the contract remains active until ten days after that filing occurs. Additionally, any new insurance policy an employer secures with a private company cannot take effect until the cancellation of their state fund contract is officially finalized. The legislation also allows for an immediate cancellation date if an employer provides proof that their new insurance coverage is already in place.

Maddy summaryThis bill updates New York State election laws to clarify who qualifies for an absentee ballot and how those ballots are delivered. It requires election boards to mail or hand-deliver ballots to voters at their registered home, current temporary address, or a designated person, while prohibiting candidates from receiving ballots for others. The law also mandates that designated recipients sign a formal certificate stating they have not received more than two ballots and are not running for office. Additionally, it ensures that every absentee ballot includes a prepaid return envelope and specifies that ballots sent outside the U.S. must be mailed by air.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York state and local governments to stop paying salaries to elected officials who are indicted for crimes directly related to their public duties. The law defines these crimes as felonies involving the theft of public funds, offenses committed while serving in office, or actions taken to gain personal profit through the misuse of official power. Once an indictment is filed, the official's employer must withhold their salary and notify the individual, but the withheld funds must be returned within sixty days if the charges are dismissed, the official is acquitted, or they are found not guilty. Conversely, if the official pleads guilty or is convicted of the related crimes, the withheld salary payments will not be returned and will instead be deposited into the employer's general fund. The legislation also mandates that courts and grand juries promptly inform the relevant public employers of indictment filings, guilty pleas, and trial verdicts involving these specific charges.

Adds xylazine to the depressants designated as controlled substances with the exception of use in cattle or other nonhuman species if approved by the federal food and drug administration.

Relates to annual professional performance reviews of teachers and principals; establishes an optional system of annual professional performance review plans; repeals provisions relating to streamlined removal procedures for teachers rated ineffective.

Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2024; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows attendees at professional and collegiate sporting events to bring their own reusable aluminum or stainless steel bottles and cups into the venue. While venues cannot ban these containers, they are permitted to require that they be empty upon entry, lack a cap, and hold no more than twenty-four fluid ounces. To enforce these rules, the legislation imposes civil penalties of up to $500 for a first violation and $750 for subsequent ones if a venue prohibits allowed containers. The changes would take effect approximately 120 days after the bill becomes law.

Extends eligibility for the farm employer overtime tax credit to certain professional employer organizations that are in a contractual relationship with an eligible farm employer.

Provides parity to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse such providers at no less than one hundred percent of the medical assistance durable medical equipment and complex rehabilitation technology fee schedule for the same service or item.

Establishes the climate change adaptation cost recovery program to require companies that have contributed significantly to the buildup of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to bear a share of the costs of needed infrastructure investments to adapt to climate change; mandates that projects funded by the program require compliance with prevailing wage requirements; requires that contracts for funded projects contain a provision that the structural iron and structural steel used or supplied in the performance of the contract or any subcontract thereto shall be produced or made in whole or substantial part in the United States, its territories or possessions; makes additional provisions; establishes the climate change adaptation fund.