Establishes a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on premises in a cigar lounge; defines "cigar lounge"; requires cigar lounges to provide written notification warning employees of the dangers of exposure to tobacco smoke.
Establishes the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program within the department of veterans' services.
Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.
Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.
Clarifies the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements.
Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career.
Authorizes non-membership not-for-profit corporations to classify boards through the by-laws and not solely through the certificate of incorporation.
Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails.
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea.
Relates to the theft of real property; provides certain protections for victims of real property theft; authorizes a stay of foreclosure proceedings pending an investigation into theft or fraud.
