Asm. Tony Simone

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a sales tax exemption for commercial energy storage systems. It directly affects businesses installing or using equipment that stores electricity for later use in non-residential buildings (like offices, factories, or warehouses) to provide heating, cooling, hot water, or electricity. The key provision exempts the retail sale and installation costs of this equipment, as well as electricity sales from businesses that own and install such systems on a customer's non-residential property under specific written agreements. The exemption applies to both the equipment itself and the electricity generated by it, aligning with existing tax law definitions for similar energy storage systems.

Maddy summaryThis bill, titled the Didarul Islam police recruitment act, allows certain New York City public safety workers to count their prior service toward their New York City police pension fund. It specifically includes time spent as school safety agents, corrections officers, traffic enforcement agents, or police cadets before joining the uniformed police force. To qualify, members must transfer their contributions from the city employees' retirement system to the police pension fund and pay any required interest. The change applies immediately and affects those eligible for police pension benefits who previously worked in related city safety roles.

Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.

Enacts the "NY broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act" to provide for oversight of the resiliency, public safety and quality of broadband and voice over internet protocol service.

Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.

Establishes a missing persons unit within the division of state police; adds women to the responsibility of the missing and exploited children clearinghouse; provides that by January first, two-thousand twenty-seven included in the curriculum for the training of law enforcement shall be missing and exploited women and missing and exploited women and children of color and indigenous descent; requires the reporting duties of law enforcement departments to include missing women, in addition to missing children and vulnerable adults; relates to the missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund; relates to the gift for missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows unaccompanied children in federal custody (such as those under U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' refugee resettlement programs) to directly petition New York family courts for dependency status. It creates a new court process where children or their advocates can file petitions seeking court orders to ensure proper care, without requiring the child to be physically present in New York. The courts must determine dependency based on evidence like sworn statements, and if approved, can issue orders to protect the child's safety while recognizing their federal custody. The bill does not change federal custody arrangements but ensures children in these situations have access to New York's family court system for care decisions.

Prohibits automatic license plate reader users from selling, sharing, allowing access to, or transferring automatic license plate reader information to any state or local jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obtain reproductive health care services or any lawful health care services.

Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes New York's Liquor Authority to permit outdoor alcohol service for specific special events during June and July 2026. It directly affects licensed alcohol businesses (like bars and restaurants with on-premises permits) and local governments seeking to approve such events in designated areas. Key provisions include allowing enclosed outdoor service areas with flexible barrier rules, requiring joint licensee responsibility for enforcement issues, mandating safety resources like law enforcement patrols, and setting requirements for shared service areas on public civic campuses. The bill also specifies that participating licensees must submit joint operating plans detailing underage prevention, staff ratios, and container safety measures.

Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring.