Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz

Enacts the reproductive health care facilities and religious worship access act; provides that the crime of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship shall be established by the mens rea of knowingly injuring, intimidating or interfering with a person obtaining or providing or assisting in obtaining or providing reproductive health services or a place of religious worship; includes in the definition of such crime engaging in a course of conduct or repeatedly committing acts within twenty-five feet of the premises of a reproductive health care facility or a place of religious worship; defines such premises; provides for a civil cause of action for any person harmed by conduct constituting such a crime.

Authorizes cities and towns, except a city with a population of one million or more, to establish community housing funds; authorizes such cities and towns to impose a real estate transfer tax with revenues to be deposited in such funds; makes related provisions.

Allows for reimbursement of transportation costs for emergency care without prior authorization by the social services official including emergency medical transportation by an ambulance service certified under article 30 of the public health law; authorizes the commissioner of health to establish a reimbursement methodology to ensure providers are reimbursed.

Relates to strategic lawsuits against public participation; makes technical corrections; relates to the applicability of chapter 250 of the laws of 2020 amending the civil rights law relating to actions involving public petition and participation.

Enacts the NY privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires managed long term care plans in New York to submit detailed annual reports to the state health department, replacing previous biannual reporting. It mandates specific data including service utilization (like personal care hours), spending breakdowns (home/community vs. institutional care), complaint statistics, wait times for services, and metrics tracking shifts from nursing homes to community care. The reports must be published on the department's website in an interactive format for public comparison, with the first reports due by February 2026. These requirements directly affect all managed long term care plans operating in New York and provide transparency for enrollees and the public.

Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows most liability insurance policies to cover punitive damages, civil penalties, and other non-compensatory damages (damages meant to punish rather than compensate). It applies to business-related insurance policies but excludes personal lines insurance for individuals using it for non-business purposes and commercial auto liability policies. Coverage is permitted for vicarious liability or gross negligence/reckless conduct, but not for intentional harm, and only if explicitly stated in the policy. The change takes effect prospectively for policies issued after the law's effective date.

Prohibits pre-payment penalties for mortgages secured by real property owned in a cooperative form of ownership where over fifty percent of the units are shareholder occupied.

Prohibits the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus animals; provides that violations shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.