Requires retailers to post warning signs of the tracking of customers through cell phones or other electronic devices; provides for civil penalties.
Requires the replacement of lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in buildings in New York City constructed between 1950 and 1978 that are used as schools; exempts buildings that have replaced lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures not containing PCBs; requires the testing of each area post-replacement for the presence of PCBs; requires the posting of test results on the NYC department of education website; authorizes the NYC department of education to seek state and federal funding to accomplish the required replacement; requires the promulgation of regulations by the state department of education.
Relates to prohibiting discrimination against a person based upon weight.
Creates the New York Farm-to-Urban Consumer Solar Access Act of 2017 to permit a system implementing shared solar power benefits.
Relates to rental assistance for low income elderly families; imposes a tax on conveyances or transfers of residential real property whose consideration is greater than two million dollars.
Requires certain school staff members to be trained in the Heimlich maneuver and requires at least one such trained person to be present when and where students eat meals.
Requires veterinarians to report suspected animal cruelty to the police, duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, peace officer, district attorney's office, animal control officer, department of agriculture and markets, or other appropriate government agency and to turn over necessary records.
Relates to the definition of freshwater wetlands; repeals section relating to the applicability of the freshwater wetlands article; provides authority of DEC over wetlands which are one acre or more; amends permitting requirements for subdivision of land.
Relates to the heroin and opioid addiction wraparound services program; makes provisions permanent.
Makes the failure to provide food, water or appropriate shelter to a companion animal (dogs and cats) left outside a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
