Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings; provides for the administration thereof.
Directs the chancellor of the New York city school district to establish, in consultation with the metropolitan transportation authority, a student fare program to provide three free fares each weekday to New York city students who live a half mile or more from the school they attend.
Relates to physical therapist assistants; establishes that physical therapist assistants shall be licensed.
Requires that certain information be provided to patients and health care practitioners regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members.
Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a survey regarding instruction on the Holocaust within the state; provides a report shall be delivered which includes detailed results of the survey, the extent the survey data submitted was compliant with section eight hundred one of the education law, and if needed, recommendations to strengthen provisions of law if not compliant.
Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.
Requires employment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service website.
Requires the emergency response plan of an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority to include plans for how the communication and coordination of efforts shall occur between the various parties involved in implementing such emergency response plan.
Establishes a statewide advanced care planning campaign to promote public awareness of hospice and palliative care services.
