Asm. Deborah Glick

Maddy summaryThis bill requires the state Department of Transportation to create a toll-free hotline and a website where drivers can report potholes and other defects on state highways and bridges. The online system will allow users to submit reports with or without providing their contact information, view a map of reported issues, and track the status of repairs. The department must update the list of defects and repairs at least once every five days and keep records for a minimum of 365 days. Additionally, the law mandates that the department share defect reports with local officials for county and town roads and coordinate with the Thruway Authority to include those roads in the reporting system.

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

Maddy summaryThis New York bill requires state public buildings that are open to the public to provide free menstrual products, such as pads and tampons, in all female-designated and gender-neutral restrooms. It specifically excludes state universities, the City University of New York, and school district buildings from these requirements. The law also mandates that the state report on the number of facilities affected, implementation costs, and the total number of products purchased two years after the bill takes effect.

Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.

Prohibits the use of restraints on incarcerated individuals during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant persons during a custodial interrogation.

Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to all mothers who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such mothers, but not beyond the date such child reaches twenty-four months of age except in limited circumstances related to parole; allows children to remain with their mothers in a correctional institution until twenty-four months of age, or longer in certain cases related to parole; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to issue an annual report on data relating to incarcerated mothers.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires health insurance plans in the state to cover up to two epinephrine auto-injectors annually for treating life-threatening allergic reactions. It directly affects individuals with health insurance who need these emergency devices, ensuring they are not burdened with high costs. The law mandates that the total out-of-pocket expense for these devices be capped at $100 per year, regardless of deductibles or copayments. Insurance companies must include this coverage in major medical and comprehensive policies, with specific rules for high-deductible plans to maintain eligibility for health savings accounts. The changes will take effect on January 1, 2026, applying to all policies issued or renewed on or after that date.

Grants employees access to personnel records; requires notice of negative information in such records and an opportunity for a review; permits employee to include certain information in personnel records.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act to increase the time required between publishing a notice for a project and holding the associated public hearing. It extends the waiting period from ten days to thirty days for sales or leases of development projects, while also adjusting the notice timeline for municipal property transfers and community board notifications to fourteen business days. The legislation includes a provision allowing the corporation to waive public notice requirements if disclosing details would reveal trade secrets, provided this waiver is approved by a unanimous vote of the directors. These changes directly affect the Urban Development Corporation, municipalities, and community boards involved in real estate transactions and development planning within the state.

Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.