Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.
Asm. Rebecca Seawright
Sponsored bills
Establishes an unemployment bridge program and an unemployment bridge program fund to provide wage replacement to workers that do not qualify for unemployment insurance or other worker wage assistance programs and who have lost a major source of income due to lost work (Part A); establishes the "Digital Ad Tax Act (DATA)" creating a tax on digital advertising services (Part B).
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture or improper treatment of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture and improper treatment.
Relates to imposing a tax of one-half of one percent on all corporate stock buybacks of issued shares.
Updates value capture mechanisms for NYC and the MTA, including transparency requirements; makes such provisions permanent.
Relates to claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment and the availability of certain benefits and entitlements to exonerees; allows for sealing of records, payment of awards and payment of attorney's fees; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
Relates to the crime of official misconduct for sexual harassment for members of the New York state legislature; makes it a class A misdemeanor.
Provides a tax credit for the installation of fire sprinkler systems.
Provides that in any jurisdiction in which a party is eligible under local law for free legal counsel, if such party has in good faith attempted to secure such counsel and is unable to obtain counsel through no fault of their own, the court shall adjourn the trial of the issue for consecutive periods of not less than fourteen days each until the party is able to secure counsel.
Requires full family service restroom facilities in public buildings to permit a caregiver to attend to the sanitary and hygienic needs of any person affected by any combination of physical and/or cognitive disabilities.