Relates to the investment of funds wagered on video lottery gaming for certain horse races.
Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest
Sponsored bills
Authorizes the joint commission on public ethics to provide a training course concerning anti-sexual harassment training for lobbyists; requires lobbyists to complete the course annually.
Enacts protections for private education loan borrowers and cosigners; requires certain notifications from creditors and debt collectors; prohibits acceleration; enacts provisions for cosigner release.
Relates to calculating the hours of labor for an adjunct professor who is employed at a college or university and such employment qualifies for the federal public service loan forgiveness program.
Relates to the regulation of street vendors in cities with a population of one million or more by authorizing such cities to adopt a program to regulate street vendors; requires street vendors to obtain a permit; provides for penalties for failure to comply with such regulations.
Extends the coverage period for medical assistance to a period of one year beginning on the last day of pregnancy.
Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate public housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.
Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.