Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees.
Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.
Authorizes the assessor of the town of New Castle to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester; provides a waiver for any interest and penalties accrued in the event that the authorization to exempt is not timely granted.
Directs the development of materials relating to the public service loan forgiveness program to be provided to new employees hired for a post-graduate internship or an entry-level position that requires an associate's degree or higher.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires the state Department of Transportation to create a toll-free hotline and a website where drivers can report potholes and other defects on state highways and bridges. The online system will allow users to submit reports with or without providing their contact information, view a map of reported issues, and track the status of repairs. The department must update the list of defects and repairs at least once every five days and keep records for a minimum of 365 days. Additionally, the law mandates that the department share defect reports with local officials for county and town roads and coordinate with the Thruway Authority to include those roads in the reporting system.
Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes the town of Harrison to expand its residential parking system to additional areas where residents currently face parking shortages. It achieves this by amending state vehicle and traffic laws to include new geographic boundaries and specific streets where permit parking can be implemented. The legislation also requires that at least 15% of parking spaces in these zones remain available for short-term use by nonresidents. These changes aim to reduce traffic hazards and pollution while providing more parking options for local residents.
Maddy summaryThis bill bans the sale, offering for sale, and distribution of docks, buoys, and floating structures made from specific types of polystyrene foam within the state. The law defines the prohibited materials as expanded, extruded, and rigid polystyrene and covers various water-based structures such as swimming platforms, mooring buoys, and floating homes. Effective January 1, 2026, businesses and individuals will no longer be able to sell or distribute these foam-based products, while the act itself takes effect immediately upon passage.
Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
Expands the definition of veteran to include members of the commissioned corps of the NOAA and the commissioned corps of the public health service; expands access to certain benefits to those who served in the commissioned corps of the NOAA and the commissioned corps of the public health service.
Establishes the New York state cryptocurrency and blockchain study task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the effects of the widespread use of cryptocurrencies and other forms of digital currencies and their ancillary systems, including but not limited to blockchain technology, in the state.
