Asm. Brian Manktelow

Maddy summaryThis is a symbolic resolution (not a law) honoring the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-Black, all-female unit deployed to Europe during WWII. It commemorates their 80th anniversary of deployment, recognizing their critical role in clearing a massive mail backlog for U.S. troops and their historic breakthroughs against racial and gender barriers in the military. The resolution has no policy impact - it simply expresses the legislature’s recognition of the battalion’s service and legacy.

Maddy summaryThis is a symbolic commemorative resolution (not a law with policy changes) honoring the Town of Savannah, New York, for its 200th anniversary on February 28, 2025. It recognizes the town's history, agricultural heritage (including potato and onion farming), recreational assets like the Erie Canalway Trail, and community efforts. The resolution formally acknowledges Savannah's contributions and directs the legislature to send a copy of the resolution to the town. It does not create new obligations, funding, or direct effects on residents or policies.

Maddy summaryThis bill updates the membership rules for the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council to include a representative for agricultural producers. It changes the council's composition from fifteen to sixteen members and adjusts the number of seats for fire service officials, architects, engineers, and other stakeholders to eight. The amendment ensures that one appointed member specifically represents agricultural interests, giving farmers a formal voice in state fire and building code decisions.

Expands the definitions of surplus agricultural products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program to include certain milk and other non-alcoholic farm produced beverages.

Creates a Down syndrome awareness program to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information on Down syndrome to health care providers who order tests for a pregnant woman or infants to screen for Down syndrome.

Establishes "The Bart Law"; requires a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program to treat veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows local land banks to create a specific priority list for how they use vacant properties, placing community gardens at the top of that list alongside public spaces. It gives local governments the authority to rank potential uses for these properties, such as affordable housing or commercial activities, in a specific order. By amending existing state law, the measure ensures that community gardening is formally recognized as a primary option when managing foreclosed land. The change applies immediately to any land bank established under the new rules.

Provides for availability of ambulance services and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and administer blood transfusions, by expanding current provisions for air transport to apply additionally to motor vehicle based ambulance services.

Designates the Tuckahoe Road overpass above the Sprain Brook Parkway in the city of Yonkers, county of Westchester as the "Detective Sergeant Frank Gualdino Memorial Bridge".

Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.