Asm. Ed Ra

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a Center for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia within the state Department of Education. The center will define these learning differences, create a public guidebook for schools, set evidence-based screening standards for all K-5 students (and at-risk new students), and develop teacher training requirements. It directly affects schools, educators, and students with dyslexia or dysgraphia by mandating universal screenings, standardized interventions, and updated professional resources. The center must issue a biennial report on implementation progress and update the guidebook every five years after public review.

Authorizes the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation and the office of mental health to conduct a study pertaining to a proposed expansion of the Long Island Motor Parkway trail.

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows New York to issue new birth certificates for individuals adopted from other countries under specific conditions. It requires adoptive parents or adoptees to submit proof of New York residency, certified foreign adoption documents with translations, evidence of birth details, and proof of immigrant visa status (like IR-3/IR-4). The law applies retroactively, meaning people adopted before this law took effect can now apply for these certificates. It directly affects foreign-born adoptees in New York who lack a New York-issued birth record.

Provides that where an active or retired police officer dies by suicide and is enrolled in a health insurance plan, the surviving dependents of such police officer shall be entitled to such health insurance coverage for ninety days following such police officer's death.

Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment.

Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.

Maddy summaryThis bill grants Dawn Ward retroactive membership in New York's state and local employees' retirement system with Tier IV status, backdated to her November 1, 1993, start date at the village of Kensington. It corrects an administrative error where she was not enrolled upon hiring, requiring her to apply within one year of the law's effective date. The village of Kensington bears all past service costs associated with this retroactive membership, and Dawn Ward will not receive refunds for past contributions she made. The change gives her credit for all past service under the retirement system’s Tier IV rules, directly affecting her future benefits.

Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Chabad of West Hempstead for a portion of the 2022-2023 school taxes, a portion of the 2023 general taxes; all of the 2023-2024 school taxes and all of the 2024 general taxes; and all of the restored 2024-2025 school taxes and all of the restored 2025 general taxes.

Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from The Cathedral of the Incarnation in the Diocese of Long Island.