Provides for a financial exploitation prevention outreach, education and training program and fund; authorizes the director of the office of the aging to award grants to qualified agencies to establish local elderly exploitation, outreach, education and training programs; outlines elements of such program.
Sponsored bills
Provides for an annual increase in the aggregate annual amount of empire state film production credits taken, based upon inflation.
Relates to investment management services to a partnership or other entity.
Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law; authorizes a not-for-profit entity to administer the program.
Enacts the "Tenant Protection Act of 2017"; relates to recovery of certain housing accommodations by a landlord (Part A); relates to the adjustment of maximum allowable rent (Part B); relates to project-based rental assistance (Part C); relates to the definition of "family member"; relates to the definition of "tenant" (Part D); eliminates vacancy decontrol (Part E); relates to extending the length of time over which major capital improvement expenses may be recovered; relates to the approval of major capital improvement rent increases (Part F); relates to the establishment of rent adjustments; repeals certain provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York (Part G); relates to surcharges for installation or use of certain appliances (Part H).
Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought i.e. grief and anguish; loss of love, society, protection, comfort, companionship and consortium; reasonable funeral expenses; reasonable expenses for medical care, treatment etc. prior to death; pecuniary injuries due to loss of services, support, inheritance; and loss of nurture, guidance or education.
Relates to establishing a product stewardship program for primary batteries.
Prohibits the imposition of any charge or fee on the telephone bill of a consumer when such fee or charge is imposed by a third party, unless the consumer explicitly agrees to the nature and amount of such fee or charge; makes the unauthorized imposition of such a fee void and unenforceable; directs the public service commission to enforce such provisions.
Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and excludes certain persons from being placed in segregated confinement.
Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement and provides for an affirmative defense if the dealer had a certification from the manufacturer.