Provides that the owner, lessee or occupant of premises owes no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others engaged generally in recreational activities.
Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new criminal offense for threatening to commit violence against police officers with specific intent. It makes it a class C felony to threaten a police officer with the goal of intimidating civilians, influencing government policy, or affecting government conduct through violence. The law applies to anyone who makes such threats, regardless of whether they could actually carry out the threat. This directly affects individuals who make terroristic threats targeting law enforcement officers. The penalty for violating this law is a serious criminal charge, punishable as a class C felony.
Relates to monies appropriated and received each year by the state as a portion of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives.
Prohibits the unauthorized sale, purchase or transfer of any cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that is over 75 years old that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans, including but not limited to a military unit, company, battalion or division, if such cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans has been placed in any cemetery; makes violations a class B misdemeanor; permits cemeteries to make such sales upon application to the state cemetery board and upon certain conditions.
Maddy summaryNoah's Law (Bill A 4527) creates new criminal offenses for abuse of specific vulnerable groups and defines torture. It establishes two degrees of child abuse (second degree: reckless or cruel acts causing harm or risk; first degree: intentional serious harm) and similar abuse crimes for vulnerable elderly, incompetent, or physically disabled people, all classified as felonies (B or A). The law also defines torture as intentionally inflicting severe physical injury or mental suffering while in custody, without requiring proof of actual pain. These provisions directly affect individuals who commit such acts, increasing penalties for abuse that previously may have been prosecuted under less specific statutes.
Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes the Village of Lewiston to lower the speed limit to 25 miles per hour on Center Street. It directly affects residents and drivers using Center Street within the village, as it requires the village council to formally adopt the change through local law or ordinance. The policy change is a straightforward adjustment to traffic regulations, aligning with existing provisions in the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
Requires the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the public using facilities under its jurisdiction, which shall include ensuring a minimum staff of three hundred eighty-five permanently appointed, full time regional state park police officers at state parks, beaches, campgrounds, historic sites and concert venues; makes related provisions.
Allows any qualified person to apply for voter registration and enrollment by application made with an application for any hunting or fishing license.
Provides that any special act school districts established pursuant to Chapter 566 of the Laws of 1967 shall be held harmless from any reduction in tuition revenue or any tuition rate calculation and/or rate reconciliation arising out of intake closure or limits on the entry of new student placements.
Establishes a committee to conduct a survey of instruction on the history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks and issue a report on such survey.
