Establishes a joint commission on public transparency and sexual harassment to adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations defining sexual harassment for state agencies, offices, and branches of government and develop recommendations for the uniform distribution of such definitions and policies, and to receive complaints and referrals alleging violations by certain state officials.
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Increases limitation on highway expenses in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county, from one million dollars to two million six hundred thousand dollars.
Provides for the regulation of landfill methane gas control flares for the protection of raptors.
Makes provisions regarding environmental benefit projects in lieu of civil penalties including establishing conditions for their acceptance and criteria for such projects; authorizes the attorney general to review and approve the settlement or administrative order.
Establishes the Adirondack Park forest preserve study commission to examine land-management practices for certain classifications of state forest preserve lands.
Establishes the bi-state Long Island sound commission in conjunction with the state of Connecticut; requires cooperative planning to address energy supply and demand issues which affect the Long Island sound and the lower Hudson River valley.
Relates to monies included in the environmental protection fund; makes a technical amendment by removing monies collected pursuant to title thirty-three of article fifteen of the environmental conservation law from the monies included in the environmental protection fund.
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment.
Requires schools, boards of cooperative educational services and pre-kindergarten programs to provide notification to students, parents and employees of environmental health and safety hazards within school facilities; requires the appointment of information access contact persons to ensure the dissemination of such information.
Requires the chief executive of any county, town or village which acquires an interest in land for open space, environmental and/or historic preservation purposes or park purposes, to make certain findings as to the need for such acquisition for such purposes, and such findings and documents relating thereto shall be filed with the respective county clerk, town clerk or village clerk and made available to the public for not less than 90 days.