Provides an exemption for the sale and installation of residential and commercial geothermal heat pump systems equipment.
Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study on underbanked communities and households in New York state and to make recommendations to improve access to financial services.
Relates to authorizing small business tax-deferred savings accounts.
Amends the constitution to provide for an economic bill of rights for the citizens of the state.
Provides addiction and mental health services training, including crisis intervention team training, mental health first aid, implicit bias training and naloxone training, to firefighters and emergency medical services personnel.
Creates an advisory group which shall produce a report on improving urban and rural consumer access to locally produced, healthy foods; provides such group shall include representatives from agriculture, food access organizations, food retailers and economic development agencies; makes changes to the effectiveness.
Designates January 6th as Democracy Day.
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.
Establishes the "Sickle Cell Treatment Act" which designates sickle cell centers for excellence and outpatient treatment centers.
Relates to collaborative models for addressing health care disparities.
