Sen. James Sanders

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 7267) changes how parking violation tickets are handled in New York. It allows drivers to get a parking ticket dismissed if the ticket notice has missing, incorrect, or unclear information (like a wrong address or vehicle details). The dismissal happens automatically when the driver requests it, even if a court had previously entered a default judgment against them. This applies to tickets issued 90 days after the law takes effect. The bill directly affects drivers who receive flawed parking violation notices.

Enacts the "home mortgage bridge loan assistance act" to prevent avoidable home mortgage foreclosures by providing temporary bridge loan assistance; makes related provisions.

Enacts the "Consumer and Small business Protection Act"; relates to standing for persons affected by prohibited or unlawful business practices; expands prohibited acts to include unfair, deceptive or abusive acts.

Requires an arresting authority to notify the local social services district when the parent, legal guardian or care-giver of a minor is arrested or taken into custody; requires the local social services district to monitor the placement of such minor.

Retroactively adjusts the compensation of formerly incarcerated individuals who were unjustly convicted; exempts such adjusted income from state income taxes.

Prohibits persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines "child operated firearm" to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor.

Requires the triborough bridge authority to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program; requires the metropolitan transportation authority to post their fee waiver policy on their website.

Relates to tax on sales of motor fuel and petroleum products and makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to manufacturing gallonage for purposes of the imposition of certain taxes; repeals provisions relating to reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to a utility credit or reimbursement; repeals provisions relating to an aviation fuel business which services four or more cities; repeals provisions relating to services rendered with respect to certain property; repeals provisions relating to fuel sold to an airline for use in its airplanes.

Relates to the New York city housing authority and mold remediation; establishes after reporting such authority shall have 15 days to remediate such reported mold.

Requires the sanitation department of the city of New York to provide owners, lessees or persons in charge of a premises at which a violation of the city solid waste disposal law is alleged to have occurred with a photograph of the materials, condition or situation constituting the violation.