Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"; prevents the displacement of lower-income tenants in New York and preserves affordable housing by providing an opportunity for tenants to own or remain renters in the properties in which they reside.
Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement staff against biological hazards posed by spitting of persons in custody.
Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers services for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people.
Requires public schools to offer plant-based food options in food service.
Prohibits the sale of beverage containers connected to each other by a separate holding device constructed of plastic.
Removes the prohibition relating to certain discovery of testimony in certain actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice.
Relates to access to appropriate drugs at reasonable prices, formulary exceptions, standing prior authorizations and external appeals; to access to retail pharmacies, prescription synchronization, limits on patient drug costs, explanations of benefits and rebates; to prescription drug synchronization; to pharmacy benefit management; and to limits on copayments and drug substitutions.
Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
Requires the petitioner for appointment as the guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person; prohibits appointment solely for the purposes of bill collection or resolving a bill collection dispute.
