Asm. Steve Hawley

Requires affordable housing funded by the state be used for veterans and people with disabilities, with each group receiving five percent of such affordable housing.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires private housing developers building affordable units to reserve 5% of new units specifically for veterans. It directly affects all companies, corporations, and programs operating under the state's housing finance law. The key provision mandates that developers must set aside these units at the time of construction, with "veterans" defined by existing civil service law. The law takes effect immediately upon passage.

Relates to the fine schedule for owner liability for failure of a vehicle operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm.

Makes permanent certain provisions relating to reimbursement for commercial and Medicaid services provided via telehealth; establishes the rural healthcare professional loan repayment award program and the rural healthcare professional tax credit program; establishes a tax credit for rural healthcare providers.

Enacts the "degree integrity and accountability act"; provides for mandatory degree revocation if convicted of: a violent felony offense; a terrorism offense; engaged in acts that constitute material support for terrorist organizations, including advocacy, incitement, or financial aid; participated in or led organized efforts to disrupt educational institutions through unlawful occupation, destruction of property, or threats of violence; or found guilty of severe misconduct by a university disciplinary board, including academic fraud, falsification of credentials pursuant or any act that would have prevented graduation had it been known at the time; establishes the degree revocation registry for creating an online database listing students whose degrees have been revoked for employers, academic institutions and government agencies.

Provides for a grace period until July 1, 2025, in which former employees of the department of corrections and community supervision that participated in a strike may return to full duty without discipline.

Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires sex offenders in New York to report every residential address they occupy, including multiple or part-time residences, to the state sex offender registry within 10 days of any change. It also mandates reporting changes in educational status (such as enrollment or employment at institutions of higher education) within the same 10-day window, with a $10 fee for each report. Parole and probation officers must notify the registry within 48 hours of any such change, though failure to pay the fee does not prevent the report from being accepted. The law applies directly to sex offenders under parole, probation, or post-release supervision.

Creates the presumption of intent to sell when a person is in possession of forty or more individual packages containing heroin with an aggregate weight of 4.0 grams.

Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly; requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees; requires that the determination to parole an incarcerated individual be unanimous.