Relates to the governance of the Westchester county health care corporation to twenty-one voting directors and provides for the appointment of such members.
Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles, in conjunction with the office of court administration, shall redesign the uniform traffic tickets; such new design shall include, but not be limited, increasing the clarity of such ticket and providing clearly on the front of such ticket, the cancellation of the court appearance where a fine is paid prior to the date of such court appearance.
Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to install notification of the thirty-foot requirement on every stop sign; ensures that the required distance established by the law will be posted on any stop sign to forewarn motorists upon approaching a stop sign.
Maddy summaryThis bill (A 7101) prohibits political candidates from being nominated by more than one party for the same public office in New York. It amends Election Law Section 6-122 to explicitly state that a person cannot be nominated if they have already accepted another party's nomination for that office. The key provision (subsection 4) directly restricts candidates from seeking or accepting multiple party nominations simultaneously. This affects all candidates running for elected positions in New York, preventing them from appearing on multiple party ballots for the same office. The change takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Precludes a local criminal court from issuing a warrant of arrest based on any simplified information when the defendant has not been arraigned and has not come under the control of the court with respect to the charges in the simplified information; provides that this formerly applied only to simplified traffic information.
Expands upon conditions which may be included in an order of protection issued for victims of domestic violence; makes other related alterations relative to the jurisdictions of supreme and family court in such situations; provides for payment of housing costs, compensation for incidental losses, possession of specified personal property, and prohibition of alienation of commonly held specified property.
Provides for the imposition of a fine for the failure of a cooperative apartment corporation to credit the STAR exemption to the tenant-stockholders thereof.
Relates to providing funding for transitional programs for students from English-speaking Caribbean countries who are not eligible for limited English proficiency programs.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits the sale or introduction of live genetically modified (GM) salmon in New York. It directly affects businesses selling salmon and aquaculture operations, banning sales of live GM salmon defined as fish altered using modern genetic engineering techniques (like lab-created DNA changes or cell fusion beyond natural breeding). The law also explicitly prevents the release of GM salmon into farm ponds without state department approval. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Allows localities the option to exclude income from any disability pension or benefit in computation of income for purposes of determining eligibility for the partial real property tax exemption granted to persons 65 years of age or over.
