Adjusts the maintenance amount for the city school district of the city of New York; requires adjustment to reflect the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania Metropolitan statistical area, as such is defined by the United States Department of Labor.
Asm. William Colton
Sponsored bills
Requires the port authority of New York and New Jersey to acquire an economic impact statement by an independent contractor at least 30 days prior to increasing bridge and tunnel tolls.
Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program for advanced degrees in nursing; such incentives shall be awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to registered professional nurses and certified nurse practitioners who are in a masters or doctoral program and agree to teach nursing for one year for each year such incentive is awarded.
Relates to the closure of hospitals; includes general hospitals or the surrender of an operating certificate.
Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats.
Grants status as a combat veteran to veterans who served in the armed forces during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia for the purposes of obtaining any privileges and benefits that are available to combat veterans.
Relates to liability for the manufacture, sale, leasing or other disposition of ammunition feeding devices and compensation for damages.
Establishes a veteran fee waiver program within the state university of New York system; provides for eligibility, applicability and amounts of such waivers.
Provides for the establishment of residential home safety and loss prevention courses certified by the superintendent of financial services; requires insurers to provide actuarially appropriate discounts on fire and homeowners insurance premiums to those homeowners who have completed a residential home safety and loss prevention course; directs the superintendent of financial services to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such program and specifies certain matters which must be included in such rules and regulations; requires the superintendent of financial services to issue a report thereon.
Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals; provides that such measures shall be promulgated by the superintendent of state police; restricts premises of sales; requires employee training; prohibits straw purchases; imposes additional license conditions.