Provides that victims of crimes or, in cases involving a minor child or homicide, a family member of the victim, shall have the right to be personally present at arraignment, trial (except when the victim intends to give testimony in such trial), presentencing conference, sentencing, bail proceeding and suppression hearing.
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Provides that where a second charge of selling alcohol to minors is alleged in a one year period the officer shall remove the liquor license of such person to be returned at a hearing where a bond shall be posted.
Relates to requiring notification to insured persons that an out-of-network physician or specialist may be used in their procedure, test or surgery.
Relates to notices of violation of the city of New York's solid waste recycling laws; requires a photograph of the alleged violation to be mailed with the ticket.
Requires hospitals and other facilities to permit a person, prior to surgery, to either pre-donate his or her own blood or to bring his or her own donor for selective blood donation on an in-patient or out-patient basis.
Relates to offering an insured the option of a contingent non-forfeiture agreement upon a twenty percent or greater aggregate increase over the original premium rate of long term care insurance.
Expands the crime of robbery in the first and second degrees to include attempts made with a device appearing to be a bomb, destructive device or explosive or hazardous substance.
Provides that no motor vehicle repair shop shall repair a tire that would not pass New York state inspection.
Provides for the mandatory revocation of a driver's license for certain convictions under the penal law, followed by a period of one year of operating with a post-revocation conditional license.
Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant; presence of such controlled substances establishes a rebuttable presumption that the release of the infant to the parent presents an imminent danger to the child's health or life.