Asm. Amy Paulin

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a state-approved program for nonpartisan poll monitors in New York elections. Civic organizations (groups focused on voter education and election integrity) and ballot issue committees (groups promoting specific ballot measures) can appoint up to two monitors per polling place, but must first get approval from the State Board of Elections. To qualify, organizations must prove they've maintained a New York office for over a year, provide voter rights training materials, and have monitors sign a pledge to remain nonpartisan. The State Board must approve or deny applications 32-45 days before an election, with limited appeal options. The program aims to provide independent oversight of polling places while ensuring monitors follow strict neutrality rules.

Requires transportation network companies to notify passengers who have reported an incident of sexual assault that occurred during a TNC prearranged trip that the TNC will not report such incident to law enforcement; requires TNCs to advise every passenger that reports an incident of sexual assault that occurred during a TNC prearranged trip of their right to make a report to local law enforcement or the state police.

Requires notice and additional review for managed care providers of the methodologies and fee schedules and other materials used for determining medicaid reimbursement rates.

Maddy summaryThis bill exempts combined heat and power (CHP) generating equipment from property taxation for 15 years. It applies to qualifying residential or commercial systems meeting specific technical standards (1-15 megawatts capacity, 60%+ fuel efficiency) installed on-site. The exemption covers the increased property value from the system, excluding normal building components like insulation. It amends existing tax law to define eligible CHP systems and requires compliance with guidelines set by the state authority.

Authorizes Nicole Longo to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police sergeant and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police sergeant for the village of Bronxville.

Enacts the "state and local clean energy partnership", directing the public service commission to establish a standard New York state community choice aggregation program for all utility service territories.

Maddy summaryBill A 5043 amends election law to allow voters to submit absentee ballot applications in person at their local election board up to and including election day. Previously, such applications had to be received by the day before the election. This change directly affects voters who prefer in-person submission and need to apply for absentee ballots on short notice. The key mechanism extends the deadline for in-person applications from 10 days before the election to election day itself.

Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for testing of familial dysautonomia, Canavan's disease and Tay-Sachs; provides that in order to maintain the confidentiality of persons tested, receipt of acknowledgement from the testing facility shall be deemed sufficient evidence of testing.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows courts to award reasonable legal fees and costs to people who win discrimination lawsuits under New York's human rights law. It directly affects individuals who successfully sue for unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, or other areas covered by the law. The key provision requires courts to grant these fees to winning plaintiffs (except when the Division of Human Rights is the winning party), making it easier for people to pursue discrimination claims without bearing full legal costs. The bill does not change what constitutes discrimination but ensures that successful plaintiffs can recover their legal expenses.

Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms; makes related provisions.