Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.
Maddy summaryThis bill aims to improve the health, safety, and human rights of pregnant and postpartum individuals in correctional facilities and their young children. It mandates comprehensive medical care, including prenatal screenings, labor support, mental health services, and privacy protections, while also ensuring access to nutritious food and safe living conditions. Additionally, the legislation establishes a right for children born in these facilities to remain with their parents until the child is eighteen months old, or until the parent is paroled if that occurs sooner, with specific exceptions only for clear and convincing evidence of imminent risk to the child.
Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program and analyze such report showing trends and cumulative impact, as well as notify other relevant agencies if contamination has exceeded EPA standards for maximum amounts of contamination allowed in drinking water or food.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires state prisons and detention centers to provide incarcerated individuals with free voice communication services, such as phone calls, without charging them or their families. It explicitly prohibits correctional facilities from earning any revenue from these communications and mandates that in-person visit programs continue to operate alongside these services. The law applies to contracts signed on or after April 1, 2025, and ensures that any existing contracts for these services must end by March 31, 2025.
Establishes the Marshall plan for moms interagency task force to examine, issue proposals and make recommendations on multiple policy areas to address the disproportionate burden mothers have weathered from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maddy summaryThis bill is a resolution honoring Sharon Julie Feldman Rowe, a Croton-on-Hudson resident and entrepreneur known for founding the reusable bag movement. It recognizes her 35-year leadership of Eco-Bags Products, Inc., which introduced cotton mesh bags to the United States and promoted sustainable business practices. The resolution formally acknowledges her professional achievements, community service, and personal legacy while expressing condolences to her family.
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.
Amends the real property tax exemption for un-remarried spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty to permit continuation of such exemption for volunteer members with service between two and five years.
Maddy summaryThis bill regulates how landlords in the state use automated software, such as artificial intelligence or machine learning, to screen housing applicants. It requires landlords to conduct an annual independent review to ensure these tools do not unfairly disadvantage people based on race, sex, or other protected characteristics. Landlords must also publicly share a summary of these reviews, inform applicants about the specific data and criteria used before screening begins, and provide reasons for any denial made by the system. Additionally, the bill allows applicants to request a different review process if they are denied by the automated tool and gives the attorney general the power to investigate and enforce compliance.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires the New York State Bridge Authority to install climb deterrent fencing on all bridges it manages. The law defines this fencing as barriers specifically designed to prevent climbing by eliminating grip points and using features like welded wire mesh and spike collars. Contracts for building these fences must be approved by the commissioner and will only become effective three years after the bill is passed, applying to work started on or after that date.
