Asm. Dave DiPietro

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a $1,500 wage tax credit for New York employers who hire National Guard members, reservists, volunteer firefighters, or volunteer EMS personnel. Employers qualify if these employees have worked for them at least six months. The credit applies to taxable years beginning January 1, 2027, directly reducing state tax liability for qualifying businesses. It specifically targets employers in these public service sectors to offset costs of retaining these workers.

Expands the definitions of surplus agricultural products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program to include certain milk and other non-alcoholic farm produced beverages.

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole or probation, or conditionally discharged from being upon or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any facility providing child day care, while any person under 18 years of age is present.

Maddy summaryThis bill makes permanent a provision within the volunteer firefighters' benefit law that covers disabilities caused by heart disease or malfunctioning coronary arteries. By extending the existing temporary coverage, which was set to expire in June 2025, the legislation ensures that volunteer firefighters who suffer these specific health issues remain eligible for benefits indefinitely. The law applies only to injuries that occur after the bill takes effect and does not change the fundamental rules for how these benefits are calculated or awarded.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates two new felony crimes for actions that endanger firefighters, police officers, and other emergency workers during building fires or evacuations. It specifically targets individuals who alter or partition buildings without permits in ways that block escape routes, resulting in injury or death to these service members. The offense is charged as a class E felony if it causes injury, and as a more serious class D felony if it causes death or if the person has a prior conviction for the same crime.

Provides that no policy of group accident, group health or group accident and health shall impose copayments for physical or occupational therapy greater than the copay for similar services provided by a physician.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates a specific stretch of State Route 19 in Gainesville as the "T Sgt Walter Shearing Memorial Highway" to honor a fallen soldier. The legislation requires the state transportation commissioner to install and maintain signs for this designation, but it clarifies that the change is ceremonial and will not alter the official legal name of the road. This action affects only the signage and public recognition of the highway within the village of Gainesville.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows the Iroquois Central School District, along with several other specific school districts, to create an insurance reserve fund. The legislation authorizes these districts to use money from the fund to pay for insurance claims, lawsuits, or judgments related to risks they are required to insure. However, the fund cannot be used for losses covered by other existing reserve funds or for specific types of risks excluded by state insurance laws. The act takes effect immediately upon passage.

Extends the authorization of the county of Wyoming to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by a mortgage on real property from December 1, 2024 to December 1, 2027.