Asm. Dave McDonough

Establishes a clinical preceptorship personal income tax credit for certain health care professionals who provide preceptor instruction to students studying to be a health care professional.

Enacts the safe housing transfer for domestic violence victims act; ensuring safe housing transfers for domestic violence victims in private and public housing.

Directs the secretary of state to develop and implement an adopt-a-rural-cemetery program for the purposes of improving, repairing, and maintaining cemeteries in rural communities which are registered with and overseen by the division of cemeteries; allows municipalities to opt in to the program.

Maddy summaryBill A 4243 exempts the Wantagh Union Free School District from New York State regulations that restrict the use of indigenous names, mascots, and logos. The bill explicitly removes the district's obligation to comply with any relevant law, rule, or regulation - including specific provisions in the state's education codes - regarding these symbols. This exemption takes effect immediately upon enactment, allowing the school district to continue using its current mascot and related imagery without state oversight. The bill directly affects the Wantagh school district by granting it a permanent waiver from these statewide requirements.

Implements licensure and eligibility limitations for the cannabis control board's social and economic equity plan regarding persons convicted of certain felonies.

Maddy summaryThis bill exempts veteran first-time homebuyers from paying the mortgage recording tax in New York. It directly affects veterans who are purchasing their first home, as defined under New York's veterans' services law. The key provision adds a new exemption to the tax law, removing the tax requirement for mortgages executed by this specific group. The change applies immediately upon the bill's enactment.

Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities including canines at the entrances and a third-party secure vendor mail program.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires employers working on state-funded construction projects (like roads or buildings) to verify every worker's legal right to work in the U.S. using the federal I-9 form and the official verification system. It directly affects contractors and subcontractors hired for state projects by mandating they confirm workers aren't unauthorized noncitizens before starting work. Employers must properly complete and retain I-9 forms, use the federal verification system, and receive confirmation of legal work status. Violations result in a formal warning for the first offense, or fines up to $25,000 or jail time for repeat violations, with the state withholding payment for the project if an unauthorized worker is hired.

Deems home instruction which is compliant with the provisions of article 65 of the education law and the home instruction requirements prescribed in the commissioner of education's regulations to be substantially equivalent in amount and quality to the instruction given to students of like age and attainments at the public schools of the city or district where the student resides.