Asm. Amy Paulin

Maddy summaryThis bill requires all helicopters operating within New York State to be equipped with three specific safety devices: flight recorders, cockpit voice recorders, and terrain awareness and warning systems. It directly affects helicopter operators and manufacturers by mandating these safety technologies on all non-exempt helicopters used for commercial or private flights in the state. The law exempts aircraft used exclusively by the U.S. government, National Guard, or state civil departments. The requirement becomes effective 180 days after the bill's enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes standards for addiction professionals in New York by defining the term "addiction professional" and requiring minimum qualifications for licensure. It mandates that professionals complete approved training in trauma-informed care, co-occurring disorder treatment, and sensitivity training, with specific requirements for services related to substance use disorders and compulsive gambling. The Office of Addiction Services and Supports will issue licenses, credentials, and authorizations, create a credentialing board, and set fees, while ensuring services are accessible regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. These standards directly affect addiction counselors and the patients they serve, aiming to improve service quality and patient rights.

Requires that for hire vehicles with a chassis which was manufactured and then altered for the purpose of transporting ten or more occupants, including the driver, be equipped with an operable carbon monoxide detector.

Removes the $250 economic harm requirement from the felony commercial bribery statutes; expands the crime of larceny to include theft of personal identifying information, computer data, computer programs, and services, to adapt to modern technological realities; provides state jurisdiction and county venue over cases involving larceny of personal identifying information, computer data, and computer programs, where the victim is located in the state or the county.

Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act"; exempts or limits environmental review under SEQR for the construction of certain new residential units to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl; limits certain rights to action under SEQR; makes related provisions.

Provides that restaurants may provide single-use plastic straws to customers when explicitly requested by the customer; prohibits single-use plastic stirrers.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires courts to specifically consider domestic violence charges when setting bail for defendants. It mandates that judges evaluate factors like prior domestic violence arrests, existing orders of protection, and history of violence against family or household members as part of bail decisions. The law directly affects defendants charged with domestic violence crimes and the courts determining their bail conditions. Courts must now document why they believe a defendant poses a flight risk and justify their chosen bail terms, including how domestic violence history influenced the decision. This changes existing bail procedures by making domestic violence a required consideration, not just one factor among many.

Requires disclosure, in such form as the superintendent shall require, of non-confidential information regarding step therapy override requests and determinations on a website that is readily accessible to the public.

Provides for accountability in state assessments by creating a regents review board to audit assessments used to determine grade promotion, graduation and adequate yearly progress by requiring a written report, implementation of an auditing and review of pilot and/or field testing of the standardized tests used to ensure validity, reliability, alignment to standards and appropriateness of use.

Establishes a temporary practice authorization program for physicians, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to practice in underserved areas.