Relates to the issuance of a New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal.
Requires the small business revolving loan fund to target and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service disabled veteran-owned enterprises.
Relates to requiring certain notices prior to changes in energy service pricing.
Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.
Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.
Establishes a youth development agriculture technology challenge.
Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman; authorizes the residential unit tax and establishes the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman fund.
Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability under the New York state human rights law in the areas of employment, public accommodations and government services to be consistent with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and the current policies and practices of the division of human rights.
Imposes criminal liability for the failure to obtain medical care for a person in custody displaying medical distress.
Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of the ten prescription drugs on which the state expends the most money and which have had certain costs increased by fifty percent or more over the past five years or by ten percent or more during the previous calendar year.
