Provides an exception to hospital visitation rules for members of the clergy.
Establishes a training program for first responders, including firefighters, police officers and emergency medical services personnel, for handling emergency situations involving individuals in emotional distress or experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis; requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term "emotionally disturbed person" with the term "person in crisis".
Removes references to the terms "masseur" and "masseuse".
Requires owners of housing accommodations subject to rent registration to file an additional statement at three month intervals, until the unit is occupied.
Enacts the "all-electric building act"; provides that the state energy conservation construction code shall prohibit infrastructure, building systems, or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new construction statewide no later than December 31, 2023 if the building is less than seven stories and July 1, 2027 if the building is seven stories or more.
Relates to amending the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program subscription amount for regions other than New York city.
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
Requires district leadership teams and school leadership teams to include student representatives.
Requires district leadership teams to operate under open meetings law requirements.
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 housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
