Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
Asm. George Alvarez
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Increases membership on the board of the metropolitan transportation authority, including members representative of commuters' advisory councils.
Requires insurers and health plans to grant automatic preauthorization approvals to eligible health care professionals in certain circumstances.
Enacts the "New York state teleworking expansion act"; provides that each state agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance.
Relates to conferring youthful offender status upon conviction of an eligible youth for a misdemeanor.
Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.
Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.
Relates to the maximum allowable time frames to respond to requests for records under the freedom of information act.
Enacts "new deal for SUNY: the New York state higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY who are enrolled in academic coursework and are on track to graduate; establishes the state university tuition fund to reimburse the state university of New York for the cost of tuition for students who are eligible for free tuition.