Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous action involving public petition and participation; expands application of actions involving public petition and participation.
Relates to the failure to provide notice of a default judgment.
Relates to materials submitted in support of applications for an identity card issued by the city of New York.
Relates to health care professional applications and terminations.
Requires utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises as subcontractors as a condition when awarding sole source procurement contracts; relates to the issuance of waivers of the obligation to comply with the minority and women-owned business enterprise participation requirements of a contract if such contract is a single source or sole source procurement contract; requires municipalities to require contract award recipients to utilize the services of minority and women-owned business enterprises; makes conforming changes.
Establishes the marine life protection task force within the department of environmental conservation; such task force is directed to determine the laws, rules and regulations providing protection to marine life in the marine and coastal district and assess the effectiveness thereof; also shall be required to inventory and map the various species of marine life at the sites within the marine and coastal district, and determine whether such species need further protection; the task force shall propose a marine life protection plan and a timetable for the implementation thereof to the commissioner of environmental conservation, governor and legislative leaders to assure adequate protection of marine life in the state; such plan shall include proposed legislation; such task force shall study the feasibility of municipal regulation of marine life reserves.
Requires employment and consumer dispute arbitrations to be submitted to neutral third party arbitrators, and establishes prohibited arbitration agreements and provisions; requires disclosure of information by certain arbitrators.
Relates to the manufacture and sale of smartphones on and after January 1, 2018 that are capable of being decrypted and unlocked by the manufacturer or its operating system provider.
Relates to the closure of hospitals; includes general hospitals or the surrender of an operating certificate.
Enacts provisions authorizing retail clinics and limited services clinics to provide certain services and directs the commissioner of health to enact regulations imposing certain standards and restrictions.
