Designates certain offenses against emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, and law enforcement officers as hate crimes; includes the definition of emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, and law enforcement officers.
Makes it a class B violent felony to fire a gun into a crowded space with the intent to harm or absent the intent to harm when such an act creates a great risk of death to one or more people within the crowded space; establishes the crime of criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space.
Relates to the apportionment of moneys for capital outlays and debt service for school building purposes.
Enacts the "learning for work act"; establishes the youth apprenticeship program and the enhanced regents professional diploma; appropriates moneys therefor.
Suspends employer contributions to the interest assessment surcharge fund until December 31, 2025.
Establishes the sector partnership enhancement and reinforcement program to assist in the identification of target industry clusters and employers for creation of new local sector partnerships and to provide grants to emerging and existing local sector partnerships and to community colleges seeking to establish local sector partnerships for recruitment activities; makes an appropriation therefor.
Reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent.
Caps the amount of taxes a senior has to pay on his or her real property at the amount such individual paid in the year in which he or she turned 65; provides that the individual claiming the limitation must be the owner of the property and must reside in the property for at least seventy-five percent of the year.
Allows school districts to permit home-schooled students to participate in district interscholastic sports.
Relates to the environmental assessment of a historic preservation plan; addresses environmental impact statements, dates for filing drafts of such statewide comprehensive historic preservation plan, funds available for historic preservation purposes, and the New York state archaeological survey assistance fund.
