Directs the commissioner of housing and community renewal to review and report on compliance with the federal low-income and very low-income employment requirements for projects.
Lowers the voting age to 17 years and requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.
Prohibits disclosure of immigration status for victims of domestic violence; adds enhanced penalties for coercive threats to expose immigration status of victims and witnesses of domestic violence.
Enacts the "New York State Restoration of Honor Act".
Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.
Requires municipalities to submit a multi-year financial plan to the comptroller.
Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status.
Relates to voting rights expansion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time statewide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, and voter affidavits.
Provides that an employee whose position is eliminated for certain reasons and who is subsequently transferred to a different agency be entitled to the same hourly salary, retain all accrued sick leave, retain, cash out or use all accrued vacation time, and be paid relocation expenses.
Provides counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for certain family matters shall be compensated in the same manner as law guardians in the family court of this state.
