Asm. Joe DeStefano

Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance.

Requires choices of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a brief phrase stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question or proposal.

Directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections with a high volume of visual and hearing impaired pedestrians.

Relates to addressing staffing shortages and improving workforce stability by providing state-funded financial incentives for air traffic controllers working in New York State.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires registered sex offenders in New York to report changes to their employment address to the Division of Criminal Justice Services within 10 days, in addition to existing registration requirements. It mandates that law enforcement agencies notify specific vulnerable organizations (like schools, libraries, daycares, and nursing homes) about moderate-risk offenders (Level 2), including their workplace address and other relevant details. Offenders must pay a $10 fee each time they register a change to their address or employment status. The law applies directly to sex offenders required to register under New York's correction law, with the goal of improving public safety information sharing.

Establishes a distinctive plate honoring recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award for which the regular registration fee will apply plus an initial one time service charge of $25.

Establishes a training wage equal to eighty-five percent of the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, that may be paid to a youth who has no prior job experience; provides that no youth may be paid a training wage for more than one hundred eighty days.

Corrects a reference to the applicable tax assessment roll for a tax exemption granted to the Ruth AME Zion Church in the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk.

Requires residents of the state, who are foreign refugees, to register with the office of temporary and disability assistance; directs such office to provide registration information to the office of children and family services, the department of health, the office for new Americans, the department of law, the division of state police, the NYC police department, county sheriff's offices, municipal police departments, and the division of homeland security and emergency services; directs the office for new Americans to conduct background screenings of all refugees who register; requires refugee resettlement agencies to submit quarterly reports to the bureau of refugee and immigrant assistance on the refugees to whom it provides assistance, and to monitor the activities of such refugees for a certain period of time; directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop and implement a plan to ensure compliance by refugee resettlement agencies.

Maddy summaryThis bill waives the $25 processing fee for criminal history background checks required by mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations. It requires these programs to collect fingerprints but eliminates the standard fee they would otherwise pay to the state. The exemption applies specifically to formal mentoring programs matching youth with adult volunteers for developmental support, as defined in the law. This directly affects qualifying not-for-profit mentoring organizations seeking background checks for volunteers or staff.