Establishes an energy reserve fund for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.
Sen. Tony Palumbo
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Relates to coverage for the detection of breast cancer; lowers the age of eligibility for an annual mammogram from 40 to 30 years old; requires coverage for follow-up treatment including biopsies.
Relates to adding veterans to protected classes for unlawful housing discrimination.
Provides that when a person is convicted of two or more felony counts and at least one of which is an offense defined in article 265 of the penal law involving the possession or use of an illegal firearm, rifle or shotgun, the sentences must run consecutively.
Relates to attendance policies for employees of the metropolitan transportation authority or contractors of Nassau and Suffolk counties providing public transportation regarding time off for medical services and court appearances.
Extends certain provisions related to the affordable New York housing program.
Allows for online publication of public notices.
Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; provides such recognition shall be by means of dedicating a portion of the state highway system, or the placement of a memorial plaque or marker along a state highway.
Requires the notice to crime victims of case disposition to inform the victim that he or she has the right to attend interviews between the board of parole and the incarcerated individual in cases where the final disposition includes a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of the penal law that results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision for an indeterminate sentence; requires the board of parole to review victim impact statements, failure to review such statements shall make a hearing by the board of parole invalid.
Establishes the crime of making a terroristic threat against a police officer; makes such crime a class C felony.