Provides for rules and regulations for state aid reimbursement under article six of the public health law for the purchase of opioid antagonists by municipalities.
Maddy summaryThis bill changes how property taxes are calculated for seniors and people with disabilities living in rent-controlled or rent-regulated housing. It allows their pension benefits (including Social Security, retirement payments, and disability benefits) to be counted as income for tax purposes, potentially lowering their property tax burden. The key mechanism revises income calculation rules to exclude gifts, inheritances, and certain pension increases tied to inflation, while including eligible benefits. To qualify, households must have an existing rent increase exemption order (granted before July 1, 2024) and the new calculation must show lower taxes than the previous method.
Prohibits the sale of entertainment vapor products, or any vapor product that has bluetooth, wireless internet, or other internet connectivity, or the ability to play virtual games, play music, or display photos or other animations on the device.
Creates the health insurance guaranty fund to protect covered individuals against the failure or inability of a health insurer to perform its contractual obligations due to financial impairment or insolvency.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps (traps that clamp onto an animal's leg with teeth or excessive jaw spread) for trapping wildlife in New York State. It directly affects trappers, wildlife managers, and anyone using traps for hunting or pest control. Key provisions ban traps with jaw spreads exceeding 7¼ inches in water during beaver/otter season or 5¾ inches otherwise, require traps on land to be covered and equipped with safety devices, and forbid traps that suspend wildlife. The law amends existing environmental conservation statutes to implement these specific restrictions.
Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.
Permits a school food authority to attribute moneys spent on purchases of food products from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors made for its school breakfast program to the thirty percent of costs for school breakfast, snack and lunch service programs.
Relates to services for victims of domestic violence; provides that the department of social services shall ensure there is sufficient access to domestic violence services in every county; eliminates per diem reimbursement rates for domestic violence programs.
Maddy summaryBill A 344 amends the formula used to calculate additional lottery funding for public school districts. It specifies that each eligible district receives a grant based on its student enrollment (foundation pupil units), regional cost factors, student need factors, and an aid ratio tied to the district's wealth. This change directly affects school districts by altering how their existing lottery funds are distributed, without creating new money.
Directs the commissioner of education to establish a commission to study the needs of adolescents and the effect that school day start times have on the health and academic performance of students.
