Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.
Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees.
Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.
Excuses prospective jurors who are over the age of 75 or have a health condition putting such person at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19 from service.
Relates to pretrial mental health and substance abuse evaluations and treatment for certain defendants; establishes the pretrial mental health and substance abuse services bail fund.
Relates to the number and location of early voting poll sites in certain counties.
Relates to increasing the safety and security of court officials and their immediate families.
Relates to recurring payments to the non-custodial parent in special circumstances in child support proceedings involving joint or shared custody of children.
Creates a procedure for serving process and a notice of ex parte attachment following issuance of a pre-summons ex parte order of attachment when the defendant must be served in a foreign country; creates a standardized form for the notice of ex parte attachment.
Permits courts to remand a principal to the custody of the sheriff for felony offenses involving the possession of firearms and weapons.
