Asm. Jen Lunsford

Maddy summaryThis bill allows certified medication aides in New York residential health care facilities to administer certain routine medications under specific conditions. It permits aides to give pre-packaged medications (like oral pills or liquids) but prohibits injections (except for insulin, diabetes care, naloxone, or epinephrine), sterile procedures, or central line maintenance. Aides must work under direct supervision of a registered nurse (RN), complete required training and competency checks, and document all medication administration. The law also sets strict qualifications for aides, including a high school diploma, English proficiency, and specific training, while prohibiting them from assessing patient needs or practicing as licensed nurses.

Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.

Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.

Requires manufacturers of internet-enabled devices to conduct commercially reasonable age assurance to determine whether a user is a covered minor and shall provide all websites, online services, online applications and mobile applications on such user's internet-enabled device and/or application store manufactured by the covered manufacturer with a digital signal that such user is a covered minor via a real-time application programming interface (API).

Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.

Provides that any service outside of a city with a population of more than one million, that is designated as a microtransit service shall be eligible for statewide mass transportation operating assistance regardless of vehicle size; defines "microtransit service" to mean a technology-enabled on-demand service with dynamically generated routing that uses a managed fleet of multi-passenger vehicles dedicated to that service.

Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.

Establishes a school air conditioning system grant program to provide schools with funding to install air conditioning systems in certain areas; makes an appropriation therefor.

Maddy summaryThis New York State bill allows for advance payments of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to qualifying low-income workers, replacing the current system where refunds are issued after annual tax filing. Eligible workers - including those aged 19 or older (down from 25) and without children - will receive four payments: three during the year (20% of the expected credit) and one adjusted payment after the tax year ends. The bill also increases the credit percentage for 2027 and later years (up to 40%), raises the income threshold for phaseout to $24,960 (from $11,610), and includes annual inflation adjustments. Payments will be delivered via direct deposit or electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a program requiring New York's state comptroller and tax commissioner to consider depositing state funds into eligible credit unions. It establishes eligibility criteria: credit unions must be chartered locally with a "satisfactory" exam rating, and federal credit unions must meet additional standards like small business lending records. The state may deposit up to $250 million per credit union, with deposits made at negotiated rates and secured by federal home loan bank letters of credit. The program directly affects state agencies managing public funds and qualifying credit unions, directing them to prioritize local credit unions for state deposits over traditional banks. This policy change modifies how state funds are invested, aiming to boost community financial institutions.