Relates to the distribution of food stamp applications to emergency feeding programs.
Sen. James Sanders
Sponsored bills
Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the Far Rockaway station.
Provides for remedies for trademark dilution; allows the court, in its discretion, to enter judgment for an amount of three times such profits and damages and/or reasonable attorneys' fees of the prevailing party.
Authorizes the department of veterans' affairs to provide eligible veterans with financial assistance for purchasing, training and the upkeep of service dogs and emotional support dogs.
Relates to permitting students made homeless by an act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend the school district in which they resided for two school years after the event.
Prohibits the liquor authority from revoking, suspending, or canceling a retail licensee's license without a hearing when the holder of the license was issued a summons for a violation that is unrelated to the sale or consumption of alcohol on premises.
Makes an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy.
Prohibits persons under the age of twenty-one years from possessing or using cannabis except for patients certified pursuant to article three of the cannabis law; provides for the seizure of such cannabis from a person under age twenty-one and the imposition of civil penalties, community service, or both for violations.
Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings.
Prohibits persons named on the No Fly List maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from obtaining or renewing a license to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms.