Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.
Increases the jurisdictional limit from $3,000 to $5,000 for justice courts; increases filing fees.
Relates to the creation of a searchable database; requires the Urban Development Corporation to create or modify an existing searchable database including information on qualified participants receiving state economic development benefits.
Provides that restaurants may provide single-use plastic straws to customers when explicitly requested by the customer; prohibits single-use plastic stirrers.
Requires broadband providers to offer high-speed broadband services to qualifying low-income consumers; allows for providers to increase the price of such services if proper notice is given.
Extends the coverage period for medical assistance to a period of one year beginning on the last day of pregnancy.
Provides that any provider that is owned and operated by a municipality, or is owned and operated by a domestic corporation as such term is defined in subparagraph five of paragraph (a) of section 102 of the not-for-profit corporation law and possessing a federal tax exemption designated as 501(c)(3) under the federal internal revenue code shall not be subject to a fee for such use or occupancy, and the development authority of the north country, as defined by title twenty-nine of article eight of the public authorities law, shall not be subject to a fee for such use or occupancy.
Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate public housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
Establishes a matching grant program for small businesses receiving phase one or phase two funding under the federal small business innovation research program or the small business technology transfer program to promote commercialization and cover certain expenses.
