Increases the applicable percentage of the child tax credit allowed in the empire state child tax credit from thirty-three percent to forty-five percent; prescribes how such payment or refund should be made based on amount.
Relates to the assault of physicians providing direct patient care; provides that assault of physicians shall be assault in the second degree, a class D felony.
Provides that a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when such person intentionally damages property of another person to promote or suppress a political ideology, or otherwise as an expression of political ideology.
Makes it a violation to loiter while masked or disguised by unusual or unnatural attire or facial alteration while in a group of six or more persons so masked or disguised.
Maddy summaryBill A 4758 adds a new section to the education law to define antisemitism. When the Department of Education reviews or investigates potential violations of state law or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act based on an individual's actual or perceived Jewish ancestry or ethnic characteristics, it will consider the definition of antisemitism established by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016. This includes contemporary examples of antisemitism, which will inform the department's assessment of such practices.
Provides for a personal income tax deduction for school supplies paid for out-of-pocket by K-12 teachers in public and nonpublic schools, up to $500 per year.
Prohibits the enactment of unfunded mandates for a period of three years; instructs the state comptroller to conduct a report on the annual fiscal impact enacted state legislation has on the revenues and expenses of local municipalities.
Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Maddy summaryBill A 3673 amends the civil service law concerning qualifications for municipal police officers. This bill removes the current maximum age requirement for individuals applying to become municipal police officers, which was previously set at 35 years old with some exceptions. As a result, individuals over the age of 35 would be eligible to apply for these positions. The minimum age requirement of 20 years old for applicants remains in place.
Establishes the police canine vest fund to be used for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining, repairing and replacing soft body ballistic armor vests and other protective equipment for state police and municipal department police canines utilized in the performance of police duties, as well as the purchasing and training of such police canines.
