Instructs the state board of elections to create and distribute voting guides to voters containing information about the candidates; mandates that voters receive postcards to notify them of upcoming elections and that television and radio stations also notify their audience of upcoming elections.
Relates to requiring voting materials to be provided in Russian.
Relates to aid to school districts educating Native American pupils; requires payment be made to school districts educating Native American pupils within one hundred eighty days of the date that the number of Native American pupils educated by the district is determined by the department.
Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, the rent following the dissolution date of Mitchell-Lama developments shall be the last rent authorized for the affected dwelling.
Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.
Creates a transit rehabilitation account within the New York state infrastructure trust fund; directs twenty-five percent of all moneys received by the state as a result of settlements in actions to which the state is a party to be disbursed into such account.
De-criminalizes the personal possession of marijuana; relates to certain pleas; specifies requirements with respect to bills affecting correctional populations.
Provides that no person 62 years of age or older shall be denied occupancy in multiple dwellings, nor shall such tenant be evicted from a multiple dwelling on the sole ground that he or she owns or keeps a common household pet or pets, the harboring of which is not prohibited by the multiple dwelling law or other applicable law, unless the pet causes damage to the subject premises, creates a nuisance or interferes substantially with the health, safety or welfare of other tenants or occupants of the same or adjacent building or structure.
Relates to authorizing the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding computer science curriculum within the state at all public and private schools offering instruction to kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities.
