Maddy summaryThis bill establishes minimum cash wage requirements for "miscellaneous industry workers" who receive tips, including car wash attendants, nail salon workers, tow truck drivers, dog groomers, tour guides, valet attendants, and similar roles. It sets specific hourly cash wage floors that must be paid in addition to tips, with rates increasing annually through 2029 (e.g., $12.77/hour in NYC starting 2026, $11.50/hour outside NYC starting 2026). The bill ensures that when tips are added to the cash wage, the total equals the full minimum wage for their region, preventing employers from relying solely on tips to meet wage requirements. It directly affects these tipped workers by guaranteeing a minimum cash payment regardless of tip amounts received.
Asm. Linda Rosenthal
Sponsored bills
Establishes a gender-affirming care access program to provide support and increase access to gender-affirming care including certain medical and surgical care.
Maddy summaryThis bill updates how New York State calculates payment rates for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), which provide primary care in underserved communities. It changes the rate calculation method: through 2025, rates use the Medicare Economic Index, and after 2025, they use a federal cost adjustment formula (FQHC Market Basket inflator) adjusted for service scope. The state health department must analyze actual FQHC costs every three years starting in 2025 to set updated rates, ensuring payments reflect real costs while guaranteeing no facility receives a rate lower than the 2025 level. This directly affects FQHCs by potentially increasing their state-funded payments based on verified operational expenses.
Requires the office of mental health to provide an informational notice to supportive housing tenants which contains information about a supportive housing tenant's rights as a tenant, information about their building and other related information.
Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026"; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
Maddy summaryThis bill asks the Governor of New York to officially recognize February 19, 2026, as Cholangiocarcinoma Day in the state. It directly affects patients, caregivers, and advocacy groups dealing with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and deadly form of cancer. The resolution does not create new laws or funding but serves as a symbolic gesture to raise awareness about the disease and support related research efforts. By designating this specific date, the bill aligns New York with the global observance of World Cholangiocarcinoma Day.
Maddy summaryThis bill creates a sales tax exemption for commercial energy storage systems. It directly affects businesses installing or using equipment that stores electricity for later use in non-residential buildings (like offices, factories, or warehouses) to provide heating, cooling, hot water, or electricity. The key provision exempts the retail sale and installation costs of this equipment, as well as electricity sales from businesses that own and install such systems on a customer's non-residential property under specific written agreements. The exemption applies to both the equipment itself and the electricity generated by it, aligning with existing tax law definitions for similar energy storage systems.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires gas stations and large fuel consumers to post bilingual warning signs at fuel pumps stating that the products release air pollutants and greenhouse gases linked to health impacts and climate change. The law applies to retail outlets and wholesale purchasers with storage tanks of at least 550 gallons, mandating that signs be displayed in both English and Spanish with specific lettering requirements. State and municipal officials are authorized to inspect fuel facilities, review records, and issue warnings or fines of up to $1,000 for violations, with violators' names potentially published monthly. Municipalities retain the right to enforce existing local laws on this matter as long as they do not conflict with the new state requirements.
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.
Relates to the management of PFAS in biosolids in the state by requiring testing and reporting of certain groundwater, biosolids, and soil and establishing a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; establishes the PFAS agricultural response program and fund to assist farms found to have levels of PFAS contamination which exceed regulatory standards.