Provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility.
Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.
Establishes the New York State social housing development authority as a public benefit corporation to increase the supply of permanently affordable housing in the state through the acquisition of land and renovation or rehabilitation of existing real property, and through the construction of new, permanently affordable housing.
Increases the handling fee paid to dealers or operators of a redemption center for the redemption of empty beverage containers.
Clarifies that only persons eighteen years of age and older may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
Establishes application processing and review requirements for reprieves, commutations and pardons by the governor; requires the governor to provide: a written notification that the application has been received; a receipt number that the applicant can then use to check on his or her application status; guidelines for supplementing the application with additional or updated information; and a notification when a decision is made on the application; requires quarterly reports to the legislature regarding reprieves, commutations and pardons.
Relates to calculating certain pensions; increases pension calculation from thirty-five to forty per centum of final average salary.
Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated people.
Requires commercial garages containing electric vehicle charging stations to ensure public access to such charging stations at commercially reasonable rental or fee rates.
