Relates to codifying animal cruelty laws under the penal law; makes conforming technical changes.
Relates to payment by public owners to contractors and subcontractors.
Creates the crime of related use of a lethal or explosive device; provides for additional 10 years imprisonment for certain crimes where a lethal or explosive device is used; permits exemption from such additional sentence when the defendant provides court with the source of such lethal or explosive device.
Designates Lactarius peckii as the official state fungus of the state.
Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature; allows the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature if such public authority files a written notice sixty days prior to the organization of such subsidiary with the governor and the legislature.
Provides protections against anti-Semitism in the human rights law and the hate crimes statute.
Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.
Establishes a climate change education grant program to award grants to eligible applicants to support climate change education grant programs for young people or to provide optional teacher training or professional development programs relevant to the advance of climate change literacy in young people; establishes the New York state climate change education fund.
Relates to a minority and women-owned business enterprise participation goal requirement in order to receive grant or appropriation money.
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
