Relates to permitting appeals to the department to be conducted by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications systems with and by independent hearing officers.
Relates to new towns; ensures that certain school districts are eligible for incentive building aid in the event that such school district experiences a loss of taxable property.
Establishes a credit against income tax for service dogs.
Relates to government vendor contributions.
Relates to a ten-year state takeover of the local share of Medicaid outside of New York city; provides a twenty-year state takeover of fifty percent of the local share of Medicaid in New York city; creates a commission to reform public assistance benefits; expands the state earned income tax credit from thirty percent to forty-five percent of the federal credit amount; offers the option for individuals to receive the state earned income tax credit in monthly installments; expands the child and dependent care tax credit; allows those receiving unemployment insurance to work part-time while still receiving a partial unemployment benefit; provides for state assumption of the growth in property taxes for school districts and local governments that remain under the real property tax cap; creates a real property tax redesign team required to produce recurring savings; and subjects New York city to the property tax cap.
Adds an optional section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses.
Enacts the "regional labor protection act of 2018" requiring the use of qualified local labor by contractors awarded projects in the construction of public works providing for the expenditure of state public money when the unemployment rate for construction workers is six percent or higher for three consecutive months.
