Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams if they will meet the minimum age requirement or attain the minimum education requirement within twelve months.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows the Town and Village of Mount Kisco to issue retail liquor licenses for businesses located within a specific, geographically defined area. The key provision permits these licenses even if the business is situated within 200 feet of a school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship, provided the establishment also sells food or beverages. The law applies only to premises falling inside a precisely described boundary in Westchester County and takes effect 90 days after becoming law.
Maddy summaryThis bill extends the legal authority for the city of White Plains to collect an occupancy tax on hotels until December 31, 2027. By amending the state tax law, it allows the city to continue imposing this fee on lodging stays without needing new legislation when the previous authorization expires. The change directly affects hotel owners and guests in White Plains by ensuring the tax collection framework remains in place for the specified period.
Maddy summaryThis bill extends the expiration date for specific banking law provisions from September 10, 2024, to September 10, 2029. It directly affects banks, trust companies, credit unions, and other financial institutions by allowing them to continue exercising certain powers previously granted under national banking laws. The key mechanism is an amendment to existing statutes that delays their repeal while ensuring any rules already approved under these powers remain in effect after the date change. Ultimately, the legislation provides long-term stability for these financial regulations without altering their core content.
Maddy summaryThis bill mandates that all public colleges and universities in the state provide menstrual products free of charge in their restrooms. The law requires schools to stock these items in school buildings without charging students for them. It applies immediately to every public institution of higher education within the jurisdiction.
Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice.
Requires training for teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of mental health response; requires office of mental health to assist in development of curriculum for training.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows people who have pre-registered to vote to apply for an absentee or early mail ballot once they turn eighteen. It clarifies that individuals who are pre-registered under current laws are considered qualified voters for these voting methods, provided they will be of legal voting age by election day. The change applies immediately to the state's election code and does not alter the requirements for who can vote, only when they can request specific voting options.
Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.
