Increases transparency in cooperative housing corporations by giving shareholders more rights to information of the co-op and limiting the powers of management companies and boards.
Provides that restaurants and third-party food delivery service may provide single-use food service items to customers when explicitly requested by the customer; prohibits certain plastic single-use items.
Requires each public body to live stream and post video recordings of all open meetings and public hearings; requires each public body to post such recordings for a period of not less than five years.
Makes the expansion of absentee voting provisions permanent.
Prohibits certain charges to residential consumers in connection with the purchase of zero emissions credits from the New York State Research and Energy Development Authority and attributed to the continued operation of the nuclear powered generating facility or facilities.
Establishes the "New York public banking act"; authorizes municipal and other local governments to form and control public banks through the ownership of capital stock or other ownership interests, and to loan or grant public funds or lend public credit to such public banks for the public purposes of achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.
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.
Relates to medical use of psilocybin; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy grant program; makes an appropriation therefor.
Excludes from state income tax up to $10,200 of unemployment compensation benefits earned by a resident of the state.
Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law.
