Asm. Joe DeStefano

Prohibits a city, town, village or of a joint water district from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses private well water for its water supply; prohibits a city, town or village from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses a septic system for treatment of waste water.

Provides pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion by health care practitioners offering sedated birth and perinatal hospice procedures.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to create and submit two detailed, long-term capital spending plans every decade, replacing its previous five-year planning cycle. Specifically, the MTA must submit its first ten-year plan by October 1, 2025, and subsequent plans every ten years thereafter (e.g., 2035, 2045). The plans cover all major infrastructure projects and funding needs for the decade starting the following year. This change aims to provide more strategic, long-range planning for the MTA’s capital investments, which directly affect New York City’s transportation infrastructure and funding decisions.

Relates to the amount of St. Lawrence county economic development power that may be used by the New York Power Authority to generate net earnings and authority-TMED contracts.

Relates to pistol permit applications for military personnel; requires the licensing officer to act on an application for any member of the active or reserve component of the armed forces within 90 days of presentment.

Creates a cyber security enhancement fund to be used for the purpose of upgrading cyber security in local governments, including but not limited to, villages, towns and cities with a population of one million or less; restricts the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms in response to ransomware attacks.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes 10 regional grant programs across New York State for arts, cultural, and parks capital projects. It creates regional councils in each of the 10 defined areas (like Long Island, NYC, and the Finger Lakes) to award competitive grants to local organizations. Grants must be distributed equally between large organizations (over $10M budget in NYC, $5M elsewhere) and smaller ones, with councils composed of 5 governor-appointed members, 1 Assembly-appointed member, and 1 Senate-appointed member. The bill prohibits re-granting to the same organization within three years and caps parks funding at 50% of annual grants.

Requires all trains and stations operated by the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company have automated external defibrillators as part of their medical emergency services program.

Maddy summaryThis bill exempts bottled water from sales and use taxes under specific conditions. It temporarily exempts bottled water sold through vending machines for $1.50 or less (coin-only machines) or $2 or less (other payment methods) until May 31, 2025. The bill also permanently adds "bottled water" to the list of tax-exempt items alongside water delivered via pipes. This directly affects retailers selling bottled water in vending machines within these price tiers and their customers.

Maddy summaryThis bill formally renames New York's Empire State Trail to the "Governor Malcolm Wilson Empire State Trail" for all state communications, publications, and websites. It directly affects how the trail is identified in official state materials but does not change trail operations, funding, or access. The renaming is a purely ceremonial designation with no associated policy changes or new funding mechanisms. The bill's text simply updates the trail's official name within existing state documentation.