Asm. Karines Reyes

Maddy summaryBill A 1316 prohibits employers, labor organizations, employment agencies, and state or municipal agencies from using an individual's consumer credit history when making decisions about hiring, employment, or granting licenses and permits. This includes information from credit reports, credit scores, and details about an individual's payment history or debts. The bill outlines specific exceptions where credit history can still be considered, such as for law enforcement positions, jobs requiring federal security clearance, or roles involving significant financial authority or access to trade secrets. Additionally, agencies can still consider an applicant's failure to pay taxes, fines, or court-ordered judgments.

Maddy summaryAssembly Resolution K 458 is a procedural bill that requests Governor Kathy Hochul to officially proclaim May 2025 as Workers' Awareness Month in the State of New York. The resolution aims to recognize the contributions of all workers and increase public awareness of issues affecting them, in conjunction with International Workers' Day.

Maddy summaryThis legislative resolution requests Governor Kathy Hochul to officially proclaim May 6-12, 2025, as Nurses Week in the State of New York. The bill aims to recognize the significant contributions of registered nurses across the state and align with the national observance of Nurses Week.

Requires public-facing websites operated by political committees to contain "paid for by" language; adds such public-facing websites to the list of political communications that qualify as independent expenditures.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York State parks to actively promote farmers markets within state parks that sell locally grown food products, without harming park environments. It mandates parks officials to post market locations/times on their website, identify new park locations for markets, and coordinate with agencies like Empire State Development and Agriculture. The policy directly affects state parks management and farmers markets operating in park settings. It creates concrete requirements for information sharing and collaboration but does not fund or mandate new markets.

Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.

Provides the prescription label for mifepristone or misoprostol may include the address of the dispensing health care practice and shall include the address of the prescribing health care practice at the prescriber's request; provides that a health care prescriber shall inform a patient if such prescriber has included or has requested to include the name or address of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of such prescriber on the prescription label when prescribing mifepristone or misoprostol.

Maddy summaryAssembly Resolution K 167 honors the 38th Annual SOMOS Spring Conference (March 7-9, 2025) and pays tribute to SOMOS, Inc., a nonprofit organization advocating for New York's Puerto Rican and Latino communities. The resolution recognizes the conference as the state's largest gathering of Hispanic civic leaders and acknowledges SOMOS's youth programs, including scholarships, internships, and leadership training for Hispanic students. This ceremonial resolution has no binding effect but formally commends the organization's community contributions.

Defines "model management group"; provides for the registration process for model management groups; provides for exemption from registration requirements for model management companies and groups.

Maddy summaryThis bill restricts certain harmful chemicals in menstrual products sold in New York State. It prohibits manufacturers from intentionally adding specific substances like lead, mercury, formaldehyde, phthalates, and PFAS (a class of chemicals including Teflon-like compounds) to products such as tampons, pads, and menstrual cups. Starting immediately upon the bill's effective date (12 months after enactment), these chemicals cannot be added as intentional ingredients, with future safety thresholds for remaining traces to be set by health and environmental agencies by 2029. The law applies to all distributors and sellers of menstrual products within New York.