Codifies a duty to provide safeguards for open cellar doors; authorizes civil penalties for breach of such duty.
Requires landlords to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.
Relates to death and felony crime reports in certain adult care facilities.
Relates to the appointment and qualifications of members of rent boards.
Provides for the phase-out on varying time schedules of state use of various categories of pesticides on state property; provides that it does not apply to certain antimicrobial pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to adopt a pest management plan for every state department, agency, and public benefit corporation; provides for waivers and exemptions.
Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum.
Provides that an owner or lessor of a rent controlled or rent stabilized unit who commences an action in bad faith to recover possession on the grounds that it is not occupied as the tenant's primary residence shall be liable for the tenant's court costs and attorney's fees in addition to an amount which is three times the monthly rent or actual damages.
Provides that qualified persons who have never previously registered to vote may register on any day, including a day of election, that the board of elections is open for business; requires establishment of a procedure to enable such registrants to cast their votes at the appropriate polling places.
Enacts the "public benefits for professional facilities act"; defines terms; provides that any state or local authority that grants any benefit, for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, repair or rehabilitation of a professional sports facility, shall, as a condition of such benefit, require that at least seven percent of all tickets for each event be sold at prices affordable to residents of the host community.
Establishes a public service commission nominating board to make recommendations of persons qualified for appointment as commissioners of the public service commission.
