Asm. Joe DeStefano

Maddy summaryThis bill requires private housing developers building affordable units to reserve 5% of new units specifically for veterans. It directly affects all companies, corporations, and programs operating under the state's housing finance law. The key provision mandates that developers must set aside these units at the time of construction, with "veterans" defined by existing civil service law. The law takes effect immediately upon passage.

Requires video communication devices for patients or residents in nursing homes, hospitals or facilities providing health related services when visitor access is limited; requires that as part of a disaster preparedness plan that nursing homes, adult homes, enriched housing programs, and assisted living facilities provide video communication devices to patients for use when visitor access is limited, including, but not limited to during a designated state of emergency or a state disaster emergency.

Relates to the fine schedule for owner liability for failure of a vehicle operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm.

Requires the office of mental health, office of addiction services and supports and the department of education to create a behavioral health website which shall provide information on various behavioral health issues such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder.

Establishes the sector partnership enhancement and reinforcement program to assist in the identification of target industry clusters and employers for creation of new local sector partnerships and to provide grants to emerging and existing local sector partnerships and to community colleges seeking to establish local sector partnerships for recruitment activities; makes an appropriation therefor.

Provides that a judge of a city court outside the city of New York may only serve until the last day of December next after such person shall be seventy-six years of age; makes exceptions for judges already elected or appointed to office.

Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.

Provides that an employee whose position is eliminated for certain reasons and who is subsequently transferred to a different agency be entitled to the same hourly salary; retain all accrued sick leave; retain, cash out or use all accrued vacation time; and be paid relocation expenses.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires sex offenders in New York to report every residential address they occupy, including multiple or part-time residences, to the state sex offender registry within 10 days of any change. It also mandates reporting changes in educational status (such as enrollment or employment at institutions of higher education) within the same 10-day window, with a $10 fee for each report. Parole and probation officers must notify the registry within 48 hours of any such change, though failure to pay the fee does not prevent the report from being accepted. The law applies directly to sex offenders under parole, probation, or post-release supervision.

Relates to the establishment of special districts for general ambulance services in any county, city, town or village located within the Adirondack park.