Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.
Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations.
Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority, and its subsidiary corporations, who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment.
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an aggrieved employee or employees or a representative organization to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for any provision of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the commissioner for a violation of the labor law.
Prohibits the involuntary removal of a passenger from a commercial passenger aircraft on the basis of overbooking; authorizes the commencement of a course of action from treble damages therefor.
Creates a commission to evaluate the need for community colleges to participate in the educational opportunity program.
Provides for notification to teachers regarding the federal income tax educator expense deduction.
Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.
Prohibits the sale or commercial use of styrofoam, commonly known as "packing peanuts" as a packaging material.
Establishes the New York city housing authority work tax credit program; provides qualified employers with tax credits up to $5,000 for a full time position and $2,500 for part time positions when they hire residents of the New York city housing authority.
