Authorizes absentee voting where a voter is unable or averse to appear personally at the polling place because of an imminent, impending or urgent threat resulting from a disease outbreak, including but not limited to, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Relates to requiring the department of health to prepare a biennial report on the number of available ventilators at each hospital located within the state and to make recommendations on the number of ventilators to meet the needs of a pandemic or regional disease outbreak.
Allows all libraries of public institutions of higher learning, the state library, and Indian libraries to be open to the public for providing census-related services including the use of computers, secure internet access, census information services and translation services; no fees shall be assessed.
Enacts the "marihuana regulation and taxation act"; relates to the description of cannabis, and the growing of and use of cannabis by persons twenty-one years of age or older; makes technical changes regarding the definition of cannabis; relates to removing certain references to marijuana relating to forfeiture actions; relates to the qualification of certain offenses involving cannabis and exempts certain persons from prosecution for the use, consumption, display, production or distribution of cannabis; relates to the definition of smoking; provides for the licensure of persons authorized to produce, process and sell marihuana; levies an excise tax on certain sales of cannabis; repeals certain provisions of the penal law relating to the criminal sale of cannabis and provisions of the general business law relating to drug paraphernalia; creates the New York state cannabis revenue fund, the New York state drug treatment and public education fund and the New York state community grants reinvestment fund.
Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes the diabetes research and education fund.
Relates to prohibiting homeowners' associations from restricting the installation of or use of solar power systems.
Exempts certain retirement plan distributions for income tax purposes.
Specifies procedures for the closure and/or decertification of assisted living residences; requires written notice and department approval and shall include timetables.
Prohibits health insurers, health care plans and HMOs from requiring prior authorization for pre-exposure prophylaxis used to prevent HIV infection.
Relates to tax exemptions for community land trusts and income-restricted homeownership property.
