Asm. Yudelka Tapia

Establishes the bank of Rochester, including provisions related to definitions; sponsors and corporate structure; powers and restrictions; governance; charter requirements; financial and operations frameworks; transparency and financial reporting; insurance; deposits; policy mandates; ethics and financial disclosure; inconsistency with other laws; and owners not to be considered bank holding companies.

Maddy summaryThis bill adjusts funding for hospitals serving high numbers of low-income and uninsured patients (safety net hospitals). It allocates $139.4 million annually to major public hospitals and $969.9 million to other general hospitals, but applies annual reductions of $150 million (2020-2022) and $275.4 million (2023 onward) to the latter group - unless hospitals qualify as "enhanced safety net hospitals" under specific criteria. To qualify, hospitals must meet metrics like serving at least 45% Medicaid/uninsured patients, operating under financial hardship, or providing critical community services. Starting in 2026, the bill mandates an additional $228.4 million in funding for qualified safety net hospitals to support their operations and maintain services for vulnerable populations.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires courts to automatically expunge all official records (including fingerprints, photos, DNA, and arrest details) when a person is wrongly arrested or charged due to identity theft or mistaken identity, and the case is dismissed. It directly affects individuals who were erroneously identified as suspects, regardless of their prior criminal history. Key provisions mandate that courts order expungement of records across all relevant agencies (like law enforcement, DMV, and criminal justice services), reverse penalties like license suspensions or insurance surcharges, and waive associated fees. The person can legally deny the arrest ever occurred for employment, licensing, or firearm purchases.

Relates to unlawful dealing in real property, when a person uses material governmental information, which such person knows or has reason to know is non-public, to purchase or sell real property; makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a state-funded program to provide grants for business training and support. It directly helps small business owners - especially New York State-certified minority/women-owned businesses (minimum 20%) and military veterans (minimum 10%) - by requiring applicants to submit a business plan to receive funding. The program allocates $5 million to large cities (population ≥1 million) and $500,000 to smaller cities/towns, using most of the funds to award $10,000 grants to successful program graduates after training. The Empire State Development Corporation administers the program and sets competitive criteria for grant awards.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires all nonpresidential primary elections (state, local, and federal) starting in 2027 to use ranked choice voting when more than two candidates run. Voters rank candidates by preference on a single ballot; if no candidate gets a majority, the lowest-ranked candidate is eliminated in rounds until two remain for the general election, regardless of party affiliation. It directly affects voters in multi-candidate primaries and election officials who must implement the new ballot system and voter education. The bill aims to ensure the top two general election candidates have majority support without separate runoff elections.

Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within an eighteen month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications for a period of ninety days.

Relates to the confidentiality and expungement of records in juvenile delinquency cases in the family court; requires certain records to be expunged automatically.

Authorizes information in OMH's PSYCKES database and similar mental health databases to be disclosed to certain personnel engaged in shelter placement and support services; directs OTDA to establish certain protocols and to facilitate implementation of such provisions; directs OTDA and OMH to establish an oversight committee for such provisions; directs an annual report to be submitted by OTDA and OMH; directs OMH and OTDA to conduct a review of the effectiveness of such provisions.

Establishes an "operation SNUG" program within the division of criminal justice services which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence.