Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state; provides up to five thousand positions may be filled by persons with a physical or mental disability and up to two thousand positions may be filled by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities.
Asm. Harvey Epstein
Sponsored bills
Relates to eliminating the ability of a court to commit a respondent to jail or place a respondent on probation as a penalty for violation of a support order.
Requires the installation and testing of fire protection systems at pet stores.
Relates to eliminating the price index of operating costs as a factor in determining rent increases by the rent guidelines board.
Relates to surcharges assessed for the late filing of rent registration statements; provides that a late filing surcharge shall be one hundred dollars; provides that if the state division of housing and community renewal determines such late registration was willful the surcharge shall be one thousand dollars.
Establishes a toll exemption for residents of the central business district who have a household income less than or equal to one hundred twenty percent of the median income.
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on food insecurity at public and private higher education institutions.
Establishes schools dedicated to teaching dyslexic students in certain school districts.
Relates to sanitation services provided to the New York city housing authority; provides notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-114 of the administrative code of the city of New York, the New York city housing authority shall not be required to pay for sanitation services provided by the sanitation department of the city of New York.
Relates to restricting election day duties of board of elections employees in the city of New York running for elected party positions; provides that no board of elections employee in the city of New York shall engage in any election day operations or management within any assembly district in which he or she is also a candidate for an elected party position.