Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.
Enacts the "construction insurance transparency act" to require insurers providing coverage for liability under the scaffold law to report, on an annual basis, to the superintendent of financial services relating to its finances and claims paid thereunder.
Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.
Requires the commissioner of labor to prepare an annual report on the cost of living, poverty rates and adequacy of the current minimum wage in the state.
Relates to claim settlement practices when an insurer refuses to pay or is delaying payment of a settlement; provides a policyholder a private right of action against such insurer doing business in the state who has refused or delayed payment of an insurance claim.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires employers with 20 or more full-time permanent employees to create a written workplace violence prevention program. The program must include specific measures to address risks like abusive conduct and bullying, such as conflict resolution training and clear reporting systems. Employers must provide annual training to all employees on identifying, reporting, and preventing workplace bullying and abusive conduct, including how to use safety procedures and access the prevention program. It directly affects covered employers across New York State and applies to all workplace settings where such risks exist. The law mandates these changes to reduce incidents of workplace violence and improve employee safety.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires public schools in any New York city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch. It directly affects students and families who follow Halal dietary practices by ensuring accessible meal choices that meet religious requirements. The law would take effect 120 days after enactment, mandating schools to implement this change through necessary menu adjustments and rule updates before the deadline.
Renders candidates ineligible to receive public matching funds when such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have knowingly and willfully misused public campaign funds or committed fraud, conversion or unauthorized personal use of such funds; states that such ineligibility continues until the candidate has repaid such funds, satisfied civil penalties, and complied with orders imposed as a result of such prior misuse of public funds.
Relates to off premise retail license holders; increases the number of licenses authorized under section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law from one to two licenses.
Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers or other means of access to individuals who disclose they have difficulty seeing or reading standard print labels on prescription drug containers; defines "prescription drug reader" to mean a device which is capable of audibly conveying information contained on the label of a prescription drug; makes exceptions.
