Requires electric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in an amount equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gasoline station; prohibits building permits from being issued when the number of electric vehicle charging stations is not equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gas station.
Sponsored bills
Establishes the minority- and women-owned business protection program to provide grants with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to qualifying entities that have less than 100 employees per location, was in existence in New York state by the first day the state disaster emergency related to COVID-19 was declared by the governor, can document actual economic harm or revenue shortfall as a direct result of the pandemic, and has filed 2018, 2019 or 2020 tax returns.
Expands tuition assistance program awards for students experiencing homelessness.
Establishes a student activity fee to fund the student assembly of the state university of New York.
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on food insecurity at public and private higher education institutions.
Imposes a tax on corporate lobbying expenditures; imposes a tax of 35% on corporate lobbying expenditures above $100,000 and below $500,000; imposes a tax of 60% on corporate lobbying expenditures above $500,000 and below $1,000,000; imposes a tax of 75% on corporate lobbying expenditures above $1,000,000.
Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session.
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 requiring one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a person with a disability.
Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program by restoring eligibility to graduate students; makes optional semesters, quarters or terms eligible for awards.