Enacts the "NY broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act" to provide for oversight of the resiliency, public safety and quality of broadband and voice over internet protocol service.
Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.
Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring.
Maddy summaryNew York's bill A 10317 designates Cabernet Franc as the state's official red wine grape, effective immediately. This symbolic designation does not change any laws affecting wine production, sales, or industry regulations. It formally recognizes Cabernet Franc as the representative red wine grape for New York State, replacing any prior designation under state law. The bill has no practical impact on winemakers, consumers, or state policy beyond this ceremonial recognition.
Maddy summaryThis bill sets a 12-hour maximum for consecutive home care aide shifts, requiring explicit employee consent for any work exceeding this limit. It directly affects home care aides (including personal care attendants and home health aides) and their employers, covering all work arrangements like direct employment or agency staffing. Key provisions include prohibiting mandatory overtime without express consent, banning retaliation for refusing overtime, and allowing limited exceptions only during true emergencies after exhausting all staffing options. Employers violating these rules face civil lawsuits, penalties, and mandatory compensation for affected aides.
Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.
Includes certain willful representations made by physicians, physician's assistants, and specialist's assistants to patients and clients, or relating to patients' and clients' private health information, as professional misconduct.
Relates to street cleanliness and snow removal requirements for city concessionaires, franchises and for revocable consents; requires every person in charge of a permanent or semi-permanent structure installed or placed upon a sidewalk, street, alley, park, highway, or right of way pursuant to a concession or franchise agreement or revocable consent with the city of New York shall keep and cause to be kept the sidewalk, flagging and curbstone abutting said structure free from obstruction and nuisances of every kind, and shall keep said sidewalks, flagging and curbstones free from garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter, debris and other offensive material; provides penalties for failure to remove rubbish, snow or ice, dirt or other materials.
Maddy summaryThis bill (A 10246) prohibits operating virtual currency businesses (like exchanges or wallet services) without a state license. It directly affects individuals or companies engaging in virtual currency transactions without authorization. Key provisions establish tiered criminal penalties: a class A misdemeanor for basic violations, and escalating felony charges (class E, D, or C) based on transaction value - such as $25,000+ in 30 days triggering a class E felony. The law focuses on financial activity involving virtual currency, not general cryptocurrency use, and sets clear monetary thresholds for penalties.
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.
