Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's penal law to include entering or remaining unlawfully in transit facilities (like train stations) or transportation facilities (like bus terminals) as a second-degree criminal trespass offense. It directly affects individuals who enter these specific public facilities without authorization. The key provision adds a new subsection defining such unauthorized entry as a crime, expanding the existing trespass definition to cover these locations. The law applies to anyone knowingly entering these facilities without permission, with no exceptions mentioned in the bill text.

Provides for a hazardous pay differential for certain emergency medical technicians who are providing emergency medical services, and their supervisors, during outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows New York state and city colleges to grant unlimited academic credit to veterans for military training they completed. It applies to veterans with an honorable discharge, qualifying health conditions under veterans' law, or discharged LGBT veterans who are enrolled full-time in good standing. Colleges must award these credits without charging tuition, fees, or other costs, and establish procedures to implement the policy. The law takes effect July 1 after enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill restores a 20-year service requirement for normal retirement benefits for New York City police officers, reversing a 2012 change that raised the requirement to 22 years. It directly affects NYPD police/fire members under the New York City Police Pension Fund, allowing them to qualify for normal retirement benefits after 20 years of service instead of 22. The key mechanism amends three sections of the Retirement and Social Security Law to specify that NYPD officers meet the service threshold at 20 years (for normal retirement), while other groups like correction/sanitation officers remain at 22 years. The bill makes this change effective immediately without altering age requirements or early retirement rules.

Establishes a central business district toll exemption for police officers employed in a police force of a city with a population of one million or more.

Maddy summaryBill A 8499 establishes new eligibility criteria for performance of duty disability retirement for certain New York City Transit Authority employees. It specifically applies to members of the New York City Employees' Retirement System who participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations. If these members become physically or mentally incapacitated due to an injury from their World Trade Center duties, they would receive a disability retirement allowance equal to three-quarters of their final average salary. The bill also allows these members to use a specific medical review procedure for their pension applications.

Relates to the crime of aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; requires any imprisonment imposed by such conviction run consecutively to any undischarged term of imprisonment to which the defendant is subject.

Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correction officers; provides that the commissioner of correction shall not appoint a person as a correction officer if such person is more than thirty-five years of age as of the date of the applicant's appointment or eligibility to compete in a promotion examination.

Maddy summaryThis bill changes how courts handle appeals of denied disability pensions. If a court finds a state pension system's denial was arbitrary or not supported by evidence, it can directly grant the pension instead of just overturning the denial. It applies to people appealing disability pension denials through Article 78 proceedings. The law ensures courts can provide the actual pension relief requested when the denial is unjust, rather than sending cases back for further review. This affects individuals seeking disability pensions who have had their claims rejected by state systems.

Provides for comparable salary and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confidential which shall not be withheld unless an employee has received a formal written performance evaluation rating of unsatisfactory or its equivalent.