Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators, including parent companies or subsidiaries thereof, from being eligible to receive the excelsior jobs program credit.
Maddy summaryThis bill exempts specific veterans service organizations from paying sales taxes on beer, wine, and soda sold by them. It directly affects veterans service organizations chartered by the U.S. Congress under 38 USC 5902. The law amends tax code section 1115 to create a new tax exemption for these beverage sales. The change takes effect June 1, 2025, and applies only to qualifying federally chartered veterans groups.
Relates to liability of the state for damages caused by reported defects and potholes if the report was made fourteen days or more before the damage occurred; establishes an interactive website for reporting defects and potholes on the state highway system and thruway.
Establishes the build up New York pilot program to provide grants to eligible municipalities that construct new accessory dwelling unit housing projects built on top of existing buildings that utilize mass timber and serve certain households; establishes the mass timber for affordable housing program to provide tax credits for eligible taxpayers who use mass timber in certain new construction or major retrofits of existing buildings that primarily serve households up to one hundred fifty percent of the area median income; establishes tax credits for mass timber production.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows massage therapists who are currently licensed and in good standing in other states or countries to attend specific continuing education programs in New York. Under the new rules, these out-of-state or international practitioners can participate in demonstrations of massage techniques only if they are supervised by a New York-licensed massage therapist. While attending, these therapists must follow all New York regulations and disciplinary rules, and they are treated as if they hold a local license for the duration of the program. The changes will take effect one year after the bill becomes law.
Continues the New York state geological survey, originally established in 1836, as a bureau within the New York state science service; establishes the purposes and goals of the New York state geological survey.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires chain and community pharmacies in New York State to register with the state department. It defines a chain pharmacy as a publicly traded company with at least twenty locations and a community pharmacy as a privately held company with fewer than twenty, while excluding government, hospital, and supermarket-owned pharmacies from the community category. Owners must apply for a designation every three years and pay a five hundred dollar fee to comply with the new requirement. The law will take effect ninety days after it is signed into legislation.
Permits other qualifying members of a household to qualify the household for the disability rent increase exemption when they are not the head of household.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits schools in the state from using timeout boxes, closets, or any secluded physical enclosures to isolate children. It defines these restricted areas as any room or structure where a child is separated from others, such as wooden or padded rooms. The law applies to a wide range of educational settings, including public schools, charter schools, private schools for students with disabilities, and various preschool programs. By banning these isolation practices, the legislation aims to prevent the use of secluded spaces for disciplinary purposes in educational environments.
Establishes the NY digital choice act requiring social media companies to provide covered users with a copy of the covered user's social graph at the request of the covered user; defines terms; provides requirements for the interoperability of covered users' data; grants the attorney general the authority to promulgate rules and regulations and enforce such provisions.
