Relates to establishing state and municipal composting programs; requires all state and municipal agencies to establish a composting program in buildings owned, occupied or operated by such agencies; allows such agencies to arrange for collection of compostable waste by a private carter, transport such waste itself or process such waste on-site; requires reports on the costs and effectiveness of such programs.
Asm. Harvey Epstein
Sponsored bills
Directs the commissioner of education to establish a database of information on for-profit institutions of higher education and a system for grading such institutions, and requires for-profit institutions of higher education to prominently display on its website the letter grade most recently assigned.
Prohibits the awarding of TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities.
Relates to increasing the taxes imposed on distributors of beers and to directing revenue generated from such taxes be deposited to the credit of SUNY and CUNY; increases such taxes to thirty cents per gallon.
Places restrictions on immigration bonds and requires certain disclosures for providers of immigrant assistant services.
Modifies certain eligibility requirements and extends the time period for the payment of arrears for certain taxes.
Modifies certain requirements for the conversion to cooperative or condominium ownership of certain rental property, removes eviction plans and requires non-eviction plans to have written purchase agreements executed and delivered for at least fifty-one percent of all dwelling units in the building or group of buildings or development by bona fide tenants in occupancy before such plan may be declared effective.
Establishes the empire state performance commission in the executive department for the purpose of designing and advising the governor and the legislature on the implementation of a performance-management and performance-budgeting system.
Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman; authorizes the residential unit tax and establishes the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman fund.
Creates a tax credit for employers who contribute to a college choice tuition savings account on behalf of an employee.