Asm. Judy Griffin

Maddy summaryThis bill increases the required supervision period for new real estate brokers from two to five consecutive years before they can obtain a full license. It directly affects individuals applying for real estate broker licenses who must now complete five years of supervised work under a licensed broker, instead of the previous two-year requirement. Key new provisions include mandatory cultural competency training, fair housing law education, and proof of 152 hours of approved real estate coursework. The bill also requires applicants to demonstrate competency in English, real estate transactions, and discrimination laws, with the department retaining authority to approve training formats. The law would take effect 180 days after enactment.

Requires a caller making a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the central register to leave their name and contact information; prohibits the office of children and family services from releasing information identifying a person who made such a report.

Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation work performed under private contract as it relates to certain remediation activities, for sites that are seeking or have received a determination that the site is eligible for the tangible property credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit, and the work is paid for in whole or in part by public funds.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends NYC's administrative code to streamline access to World Trade Center (WTC) disability benefits for police retirees. It creates a legal presumption that police members who filed timely notices of participation in WTC rescue/recovery efforts and later develop qualifying health conditions (like respiratory illnesses linked to 9/11 exposure) automatically qualify for disability benefits, unless proven otherwise. The key mechanism shifts the burden of proof: if the notice was filed on time, the pension board must presume the condition is work-related without requiring additional medical evidence upfront. This applies specifically to members who retired or separated with vested pension rights and is limited to reclassifying existing retirements as "accidental disability" without changing their retirement options.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's family court law to clarify and expand protective orders in child abuse and neglect cases. It adds a new provision (subdivision 4-a) allowing courts to issue orders of protection against non-parent household members or caregivers (not the child's parent) who pose a threat, independently of other court orders. These orders can last up to two years, or five years if "special circumstances" exist - such as prior violence, dangerous instrument use, or repeated violations. The orders require annual court review and must be renewed if they exceed the two-year limit (or five years with special circumstances), directly affecting non-parents in child welfare cases.

Provides for the adjustment of stipends of certain incumbents in the state university of New York and designating moneys therefor; continues a doctoral program recruitment and retention enhancement fund; continues work-life services and pre-tax programs; continues a professional development committee; continues a comprehensive college graduate program recruitment and retention fund; continues a fee mitigation fund; continues a downstate location fund; continues a joint labor management advisory board; continues an accidental death benefit; makes an appropriation therefor.

Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.

Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.

Requires each institution of higher education to make publicly available its policy on notifying the parent, guardian, or emergency contact of a student under twenty-one of certain controlled substance and alcohol violations, including rule infractions, and controlled substance or alcohol related hospitalizations or overdoses; requires such colleges and institutions to conduct regular training on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.