Establishes "SNAP for all", a state-funded supplemental nutrition assistance program to provide for those who are excluded from federal SNAP benefits solely due to immigration status; outlines eligibility requirements of applicants and operational requirements of the office of temporary and disability assistance.
Asm. Manny De Los Santos
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Establishes the public water justice act; prohibits sale of waters of the state unless otherwise specifically authorized; establishes a public water justice fund for royalties and fees collected from persons or entities authorized to sell waters of the state.
Enacts the "fair concession pricing act" to require certain entertainment and sports venues constructed or operating under public financial benefit to implement fan-friendly concession pricing policies.
Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.
Establishes the crime of assault on a food delivery person as a class E felony; defines a food delivery person to mean a person employed by a restaurant, or put into service by a restaurant, retail food store licensed by the department of agriculture and markets, or a third party vendor, to deliver food or other goods pursuant to an order placed by a customer.
Enacts the "fair share act"; authorizes cities imposing city personal income taxes to adopt and amend local laws imposing an additional tax of two percent on the annual city taxable income of city residents, estates and trusts reporting any return in excess of one million dollars.
Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"; prevents the displacement of lower-income tenants in New York and preserves affordable housing by providing an opportunity for tenants to own or remain renters in the properties in which they reside.
Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires states and local areas with significant language minority populations to provide voting materials - including ballots, registration forms, and instructions - in both English and the relevant minority language. It applies to jurisdictions where over 5% of voting-age residents are limited-English proficient (LEP) or have more than 10,000 LEP residents, as determined by census data. Covered areas must offer bilingual materials unless a legal challenge proves the minority group’s illiteracy rate is at or below the national average. The law excludes oral/unwritten languages (like some Indigenous languages) by requiring only oral assistance instead of written materials in those cases.
Maddy summaryThis bill repeals Section 2307 of New York's Public Health Law, which previously addressed individuals knowingly infected with venereal disease. The repeal removes legal provisions that could have led to prosecution of people with certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs) who were aware of their status. The law takes immediate effect, preventing any future prosecutions or legal actions under the repealed section. This change directly affects individuals previously covered by this specific public health law provision, though it does not alter other STI-related laws or public health practices.