Asm. Gary Pretlow

Maddy summaryThis bill provides the Yonkers City School District with $17.5 million annually in supplemental education funding, plus an additional amount based on enrollment growth from 2010-2011 to 2025-2026 school years. The funding is calculated by multiplying the district's foundation aid amount by the percentage increase in Yonkers public school enrollment during that period. It directly affects the Yonkers school district by guaranteeing these funds for educational improvement plans, separate from standard foundation aid calculations. The bill requires the funds to be paid from designated appropriations and follows specific payment schedules under education law.

Authorizes the impoundment of any motor vehicle operated by a person who drives while ability is impaired or intoxicated; provides for the imposition of towing and storage fees; provides for the release of impounded vehicles upon compliance with certain conditions.

Maddy summaryThis bill (A 7322) allows insurers to rescind or retroactively cancel auto insurance policies within 60 days if the initial payment was fraudulent (e.g., due to a fake bank account or unauthorized credit card use). It directly affects policyholders who commit fraud and insurers who seek to avoid paying claims for staged accidents. The law requires insurers to notify policyholders and injured parties if coverage is denied due to fraud, while ensuring victims injured during the 60-day period can still claim through their own insurance or the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation - provided they weren’t involved in the fraud. The bill clarifies that victims cannot be denied coverage for accidents staged to defraud insurers, protecting innocent parties from losing coverage due to others' fraudulent actions.

Maddy summaryThis bill (A 6893) amends New York's tax law to expand eligibility for brownfield redevelopment tax credits. It allows properties in specific designated areas - including brownfield opportunity areas (per General Municipal Law §970-r), empire zones, environmental zones, and urban renewal areas - to qualify for these credits. The change modifies Section 21 of the tax law to include these locations as qualifying sites for the credits. This directly affects developers and businesses redeveloping contaminated or underused properties in these designated zones. The policy change simplifies access to tax incentives for brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects.

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians; provides such training shall include clearly defined criteria for annual evaluations.

Enacts the "omnibus telecommunications reform act"; reforms the competitive cable service; promotes the wide-spread development of high-capacity broadband internet access; increases the availability and quality of services in this key economic development area; ensures the safety, reliability and affordability of telecommunications services.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates a specific portion of State Route 22 in Mount Vernon, between Lorraine Avenue and Lincoln Avenue, as the "Dwight 'Heavy D' Myers Way." This designation is ceremonial, meaning the official name of the highway will not change, and the Commissioner of Transportation will install and maintain the necessary signage.

Authorizes former outpatients of mental health facilities to request a court of competent jurisdiction to render an order to have their files sealed when more than ten years have elapsed since the last treatment in such facility, they are not currently being treated for mental illness and it would be in the best interests of the petitioner and society to seal such record without the requirement of a special proceeding.

Relates to apportioning aid for career in education in school districts located in a city with a population between 62,000 and 65,000 or between 67,000 and 70,000 as recorded in the 2010 census.

Provides for the issuance of distinctive "The Westchester Way" license plates for an additional $25 annual fee; provides for the service charge collected to be credited to the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund and the excess of six thousand dollars to be deposited in the "New York state 'The Westchester Way' fund" to be used to promote tourism in Westchester county; establishes the New York state "The Westchester Way fund" to administer such monies, which shall be made available to tourism promotion agencies.