Asm. Chantel Jackson

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new licensing requirement for organizations that manage payments for personal care services (fiscal intermediaries), effective April 1, 2027. It requires these entities to apply for a license, submit annual reports on costs and service details, and register personal assistants in a confidential state registry. The law directly affects fiscal intermediaries currently contracting with social services departments or health plans, mandating they meet specific standards for compliance, cultural competency, and financial reporting. It repeals outdated provisions while establishing new oversight mechanisms to ensure transparency in how funds for personal care services are managed.

Imposes fines of up to ten thousand dollars per hour on businesses which are found to have skimming devices operating at such business for more than one hour.

Maddy summaryThis bill mandates that early voting must occur on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays during the early voting period, with polls open for at least eight hours daily between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. It directly affects voters seeking early voting access and local election boards responsible for scheduling. The law requires these specific days but allows boards to offer additional hours or days beyond the minimum. Boards cannot permit early voting on any other days outside the mandated Friday-Sunday and Tuesday schedule.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes the New York State Violence in Mass Media Research Program within the Firearm Violence Research Institute. It directs the program to study how mass media reporting of violent crimes affects copycat incidents, jury decisions, racial profiling, and public understanding - specifically examining coverage patterns like naming perpetrators or showing crime scenes. The program will conduct research, coordinate with experts, and share findings with lawmakers and agencies, funded through the existing Firearm Violence Research Fund. It does not change laws but creates a dedicated research body to analyze media's role in violence.

Prohibits the sale of flavored smokeless tobacco within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school; defines "flavored smokeless tobacco"; authorizes the commissioner to impose a civil penalty for violations.

Relates to tax on sales of motor fuel and petroleum products and makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to manufacturing gallonage for purposes of the imposition of certain taxes; repeals provisions relating to reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to a utility credit or reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to an aviation fuel business which services four or more cities; repeals provisions relating to services rendered with respect to certain property; repeals provisions relating to fuel sold to an airline for use in its airplanes.

Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.

Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.

Provides that no police officer shall arrest, restrain, or otherwise subdue a child who is thirteen years of age or less while effecting the arrest of the parent or guardian of such child; provides that all police officers present at the scene of arrest shall have an affirmative duty to keep such child safe, and shall permit the person being arrested to communicate with such child up until such person is removed from the scene.

Establishes the youth in progress advisory board and regional teams for adolescents in foster care to provide mentorship of youths in foster care; requires reporting.