Asm. George Alvarez

Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes New York's Department of Transportation (DOT) to study general aviation flight operations within the state. The DOT must collect data on aircraft registrations, flight operations, crash statistics (including causes, fatalities, and costs since 2018), and compare safety records with other states. The study will identify potential safety improvements, and the DOT must submit a final report to state officials within two years of the bill's effective date. The study directly affects DOT's responsibilities and indirectly impacts general aviation operators and safety regulators.

Moves from the Office of Court Administration (OCA) to the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) responsibility for certifying, establishing and implementing standards for pretrial services agencies of the state.

Enacts the solar for schools act which provides grants for eligible school districts to purchase and install solar and geothermal power sources; defines terms; directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish such grant program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof; makes an appropriation therefor.

Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent and for modification of such orders.

Enacts the "television subscriber choice act" to enhance consumer choice and ensure that multichannel video programming distributors have the flexibility to offer programming packages that best meet the needs and preferences of their subscribers; requires that a video programmer shall offer each channel for license to a multichannel video programming distributor without requiring channel bundling requirements as a condition of carriage of such channel; makes it unlawful for a video programmer to demand unreasonable fees or other financial obligations for channel carriage; defines terms; makes related provisions.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires employers in New York to conduct annual bias checks on automated hiring tools (like AI resume scorers or personality tests) to ensure they don’t unfairly disadvantage protected groups (e.g., based on race, gender). Employers must publicly share summaries of these checks on their websites before using the tools and provide updated reports to the state Labor Department yearly. The Attorney General and Labor Commissioner can investigate violations and take legal action to enforce compliance. It directly affects businesses using such tools for hiring decisions within New York State.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires certain public water systems (serving at least 15 year-round residents or 25 regularly) to identify lead service lines connecting water mains to properties. It defines "lead service line" broadly, including galvanized pipes downstream of lead lines or where lead connectors are used. Water systems must obtain property owner or occupant consent for free inspections, with a 30-day response window; if consent isn't received, occupants may provide consent. Inspections must occur within 60 days of consent, focusing solely on identification, not removal, of lead service lines.

Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

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.

Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall affix a cost for the sale of registration lists and title information or other records in bulk at the annual cost not to exceed $1,520,000; authorizes such commissioner to impose other requirements; makes related provisions.