Rep. Michaelle Solages

Maddy summaryBill A 7980 expands the authorized purposes of Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) in New York State. It allows IDAs to use their financial incentives for "environmental pollution mitigation" projects. This includes investments in equipment, facility improvements, or low/zero-emission vehicles to control, abate, or prevent various types of pollution from industrial, manufacturing, and other facilities. The bill aims to improve environmental quality and public health, particularly for communities disproportionately affected by industrial contamination.

Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan; makes related provisions.

Establishes an assisted living program reimbursement program to provide enhanced Medicaid reimbursement to qualifying assisted living programs; requires at least 70% of such assisted living facility's staff to voluntarily self-identify as Black, Hispanic, or Asian; increases the capitated rates of payment from 31% to 50% over a period of five years.

Establishes a standardized statewide system for collecting, recording, and monitoring winter road maintenance operational data in order to improve efficiency, enhance transparency, and support the protection of water resources in the state of New York; requires calibration of all deicing material application equipment used for winter highway maintenance on public roads.

Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully autonomous vehicle; makes related provisions.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits the possession and sale of pistol converters and convertible pistols. It defines a "convertible pistol" as a semi-automatic pistol with a specific trigger bar design that can be easily converted into a machine-gun using common household tools (like screwdrivers or pliers), excluding most modern firearms. The law makes selling or disposing of such pistols a class D felony, with limited exceptions for military personnel, police officers, and licensed gun dealers acting within their duties. The bill directly affects gun owners, sellers, and manufacturers by banning these specific devices and firearms.

Prohibits industrial development agencies from incentivizing movements within the state where any plant, facility, or personnel of the project occupant are abandoned or removed.

Designates the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island; provides for the withdrawal of the Nassau-Suffolk coordinating committee from the New York Metropolitan transportation council.

Maddy summaryThis bill updates New York State law to clarify how colleges and student-athletes can handle compensation based on a student's name, image, and likeness. It directly affects colleges, athletic governing bodies like the NCAA, and student-athletes by prohibiting schools from enforcing rules that block such earnings. Key provisions require colleges to allow athletes to earn this money without penalty and forbid governing bodies from punishing schools for permitting it. The legislation also mandates that contracts for minors include parental consent and a five-day cancellation period, while requiring all representatives to have a fiduciary duty to act in the student-athlete's best interest.

Requires that certain transportation facilities operated by public authorities implement traveler-friendly concession pricing which is no more than the average retail price of such items at similar commercial establishments within a certain radius; authorizes the office of the comptroller to conduct random audits and to enforce such pricing requirements.