Relates to automatic voter registration.
Sponsored bills
Provides for mayoral control of the city school district of Rochester; establishes the independent education budget office.
Requires a fine for violation of the conditions of a conditional license, issued after conviction of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, to be paid to the county where such violation occurred if such county has a special traffic options program for driving while intoxicated; relates to the distribution of the mandatory surcharge for certain alcohol-related convictions.
Makes the records of elementary and secondary schools available for public inspection and copying under the freedom of information law.
Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career as determined by regulations of the commissioner.
Enacts the NYS housing opportunity zones act; provides for the creation of housing opportunity zones within which certain incentives are available for new construction or substantial rehabilitation of residential units.
Relates to aid and incentives for municipalities with populations of greater than two hundred thousand.
Prohibits persons from having or possessing a firearm, including, but not limited to, a pistol, revolver, and a "sawed-off" shotgun or rifle unless he has successfully completed a firearm proficiency examination, the standards for which are to be prepared by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and the superintendent of the division of the state police; exempts police officers and retired police officers.
Requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident involving no personal injury or death to move the vehicle to a safe location in the vicinity of the incident.
Increases penalties for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second and first degrees.