Provides for accessing records under the freedom of information law including notification procedures and the release of names of natural persons and residential addresses.
Includes certain employees or volunteers of not-for-profit youth organizations whose primary purpose is to interact with youth through activities, events or gatherings as mandated reporters.
Provides that prior to a dispositional hearing the judge shall order a probation investigation and a diagnostic assessment of a juvenile delinquent whom the court reasonably finds, on the record, to have a demonstrable need for a remediation of a discernible handicapping condition; allows judges to refer custody through various state agencies for placement into programs under protocol and funding provisions currently in existence.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires lenders and mortgage servicers to provide official proof that foreclosure notices were successfully delivered to borrowers. Under the new rules, plaintiffs must show delivery confirmation through registered or certified mail records or postal refusal notations, or face an affirmative defense in court if they cannot prove delivery. The legislation also mandates that foreclosure notices include a list of at least five local housing counseling agencies with contact information. These changes directly affect mortgage lenders, loan servicers, and borrowers involved in foreclosure proceedings.
Provides that in judicial proceedings to review real property assessments in cities of one million or more inhabitants, the assessing method, capitalization rate, and other data or formula used to determine valuation must be disclosed to the petitioner.
Prohibits mortgagee from refusing to accept partial mortgage payments from a mortgagor which does not bring the mortgagor current on such mortgagor's mortgage debt.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires school districts and charter schools to post copies of required ancillary agreements on their websites. These agreements are documents that students, parents, or guardians must sign as a condition of attending school. The bill also mandates that schools keep physical copies of these agreements on file in addition to posting them online. This change aims to increase transparency by making these documents publicly accessible to families and the community. The law will take effect 30 days after it is enacted.
Enacts the "ICE contract transparency act"; creates a publicly accessible database for contracts made between United States immigration and customs enforcement and private entities conducting business in the state of New York; requires entities to provide the department of state with a copy of contracts made between U.S. immigration and customs enforcement and private entities operating in the state of New York.
Relates to motor vehicle insurance fairness; provides that insurance rates shall not be increased based on certain factors; sets forth processes for motor vehicle insurers to have rate increases approved; allows public access in relation to any proposed insurance rate increases; allows members of the public to request permission to intervene in proceedings related to rate increases; directs rules and regulations to be established.
Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's mental hygiene law to automatically include Down syndrome as a qualifying condition under the definition of developmental disability for Medicaid eligibility. It adds Down syndrome to a list of specific conditions (alongside cerebral palsy, autism, and others) that now qualify individuals for Medicaid without needing separate assessments. People with Down syndrome who meet income and other standard Medicaid criteria will automatically qualify under this change. The law takes effect immediately upon enactment.
