Asm. Alicia Hyndman

Provides for the establishment of residential home safety and loss prevention courses certified by the superintendent of financial services; requires insurers to provide actuarially appropriate discounts on fire and homeowners insurance premiums to those homeowners who have completed a residential home safety and loss prevention course; directs the superintendent of financial services to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such program and specifies certain matters which must be included in such rules and regulations; requires the superintendent of financial services to issue a report thereon.

Maddy summaryThis bill makes possessing or selling armor-piercing ammunition a class B felony in New York, directly affecting individuals who handle this type of ammunition. It adds specific provisions to the penal law stating that possessing armor-piercing ammunition, or unlawfully selling, exchanging, or disposing of it, constitutes a serious criminal offense. The bill repeals an existing subdivision and amends two sections of the penal law to include these new felony classifications. These changes raise penalties for these activities from lesser offenses to a class B felony, the second-highest criminal classification in New York.

Requires the court to advise a defendant that if such defendant is a noncitizen resident and is convicted of a crime, whether by plea or trial, such conviction may result in such defendant's deportation; allows a withdrawal of a plea of guilty by a noncitizen resident if such noncitizen resident is threatened with deportation and such noncitizen resident is not so advised of such threat of deportation.

Establishes the bureau of the senior tenants' advocate within the state office for the aging; provides that the senior tenants' advocate shall assist senior citizen tenants in resolving complaints they may have with the New York state division of housing and community renewal, landlord disputes, rent increases, and other housing related matters; provides that the governor shall appoint the senior tenants' advocate.

Authorizes the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to impose tolls and fees for congestion pricing for motorcycles in the central business district in the amount of half of the charges for the tolls and fees of other vehicles.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates September 11th as "September 11th Remembrance Day," adding it to the state's list of official public holidays. It directly affects state government operations and businesses that follow public holiday schedules, as the day will now be observed as a closed day for most state offices and services. The key mechanism involves amending multiple laws (including the General Construction Law and Transportation Law) to explicitly include September 11th in the defined list of public holidays and business holidays. This change means government offices and many businesses will be closed on September 11th each year, aligning with existing holiday observances like Memorial Day and Veterans' Day.

Maddy summaryBill A 2218 prohibits state agencies from requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage or work a minimum number of hours to be eligible for child care assistance. It amends the social services law to remove these specific financial thresholds for otherwise qualified applicants. This change aims to ensure that eligibility for child care assistance is not tied to a minimum earnings requirement.

Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.

Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to prioritize and hire union labor for proposed public work before making a contract available for public bidding.

Directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a plan to develop mixed-use commercial and residential property on a certain portion of the Harriman campus; directs such plan to be completed and made available for public comment no later than 180 days after the effective date; directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a master plan for the redesign of the Harriman campus; directs that such plan be completed and made available for public comment no later than one year after the effective date.