Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato

Maddy summaryThis bill creates annual longevity payments for state employees in managerial or confidential roles who have completed 12, 17, or 22 years of continuous service in the executive branch. Employees with 12+ years receive a $1,500 payment annually, those with 17+ years receive both the 12-year and 17-year payments ($1,500 each), and those with 22+ years receive all three payments ($1,500 each). Payments are made as lump sums in April each year to full-time employees (pro-rated for part-time staff) and require a performance rating above "Below Minimum." The policy directly affects eligible state employees in specific classified roles, providing incremental cash awards based on tenure milestones.

Requires state agencies and courts to take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition and contemporary examples of antisemitism when reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a violation of any non-criminal or criminal law, rule, or policy prohibiting discriminatory acts.

Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.

Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

Requires the district attorney to notify victims by letter of the final disposition of the case within sixty days of such disposition in cases where such final disposition includes a conviction; provides such letter shall also notify victims of their right to make a victim impact statement; allows them to personally appear at parole hearings and make such a statement.

Prohibits any cannabis related advertisements in establishments within a certain distance from schools; increases penalties for prohibited advertisement of tobacco and cannabis products; requires enforcement inspections.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows drivers with five or more toll violations (within 18 months) to set up a free installment payment plan for fines before their vehicle registration is suspended. It requires the state to offer this payment option after multiple notices of toll violations, instead of immediately suspending registration. If a driver fails to pay under the plan, registration suspension will occur after a 30-day notice period, but the plan itself has no additional fees. The bill directly affects drivers who repeatedly miss toll payments and changes the process for handling these violations.

Defines the term "construction projects" to mean the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any school building where a district receives any apportionment for debt service or building aid and the school building is sited within the Long Island region; provides that each contract involving the award of a construction project shall require the use of a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors on such project.

Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a peace officer or police officer for knowingly reporting false or baseless information relating to wrongdoing by a police or peace officer to a law enforcement agency; creates a private right of action for damages.

Designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree as a class E felony; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second degree as a class D violent felony offense; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class B violent felony offense.