Asm. Dave McDonough

Maddy summaryThis bill requires registered sex offenders in New York to report changes to their employment address to the Division of Criminal Justice Services within 10 days, in addition to existing registration requirements. It mandates that law enforcement agencies notify specific vulnerable organizations (like schools, libraries, daycares, and nursing homes) about moderate-risk offenders (Level 2), including their workplace address and other relevant details. Offenders must pay a $10 fee each time they register a change to their address or employment status. The law applies directly to sex offenders required to register under New York's correction law, with the goal of improving public safety information sharing.

Maddy summaryThis bill prevents local zoning rules from imposing stricter floor area ratio limits on dwellings located on active farms than those set by state law. Floor area ratio (the maximum building space allowed relative to land size) must align with state standards, meaning towns and villages cannot require smaller homes on farms than state rules allow. It directly affects farm property owners and local zoning boards, ensuring that existing state zoning requirements for farmland override more restrictive local rules. Violating local laws would automatically be unenforceable, streamlining compliance for farm residents. The bill focuses on clarifying existing zoning authority without creating new requirements.

Establishes a distinctive plate honoring recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award for which the regular registration fee will apply plus an initial one time service charge of $25.

Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.

Requires residents of the state, who are foreign refugees, to register with the office of temporary and disability assistance; directs such office to provide registration information to the office of children and family services, the department of health, the office for new Americans, the department of law, the division of state police, the NYC police department, county sheriff's offices, municipal police departments, and the division of homeland security and emergency services; directs the office for new Americans to conduct background screenings of all refugees who register; requires refugee resettlement agencies to submit quarterly reports to the bureau of refugee and immigrant assistance on the refugees to whom it provides assistance, and to monitor the activities of such refugees for a certain period of time; directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop and implement a plan to ensure compliance by refugee resettlement agencies.

Allows for the denial, suspension or discontinuance of public assistance or care where a person does not participate in three consecutive scheduled interviews with a social services official.

Creates the commission on battery fire safety practices to evaluate the need for resources for police, volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services concerning health and safety best practices when responding to lithium-ion battery incidents.

Prohibits insurer from increasing auto insurance premiums upon renewal for persons 60 years of age or over based solely on the ground of the insured's age.

Requires orders of custody to state whether law enforcement is authorized to remove a child or children in order to comply with and enforce such orders.

Requires a defendant who causes the death of a person with children due to driving while intoxicated or impaired to pay for child support of such children until they reach the age of 18 years old.