Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons making such persons eligible to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.
Requires every police officer and peace officer to report every discharge of his or her weapon, regardless of whether he or she is on duty, to the law enforcement agency which employs such officer; such provisions shall not apply to target shooting or hunting; failure to report is a class A misdemeanor.
Relates to the functions of the chief administrator of the courts; relates to reporting requirements.
Requires the court to advise a defendant that if he or she is an alien and he or she is convicted of a crime, whether by plea or trial, such conviction may result in his or her deportation; allows a withdrawal of a plea of guilty by an alien if such alien is threatened with deportation and such alien is not so advised of such threat of deportation.
Prohibits the sale and distribution of sexual performance dietary supplements or foods containing an unsafe sexual performance food additive; establishes penalties for violations; requires the department of agriculture and markets to perform inspections and the department of health to provide information on products on its website; requires the department of agriculture and markets to implement an outreach program to inform wholesalers, manufacturers, and retailers of the ban on sexual performance dietary supplements and food additives.
Relates to restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses in the office of children and family services.
Relates to the placement of school crossing guards; requires school crossing guards to be placed on each of the corners of streets adjacent to public and private schools in New York City serving students in grades K-8 and on each side of streets with more than four lanes.
Relates to accessibility requirements in certain procurement contracts; requires contracts that include information and communication technologies (ICTs) are accessible to people with disabilities; requires that the ability of a prospective contractor to meet such requirement be considered in making the contract award.
Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act.
Extends from June 30, 2017 to June 30, 2019, the expiration of provisions providing for the reorganization of the city school district of the city of New York; increases the membership of the city-wide council on special education to 10 members and grants all members a 3 year term of office; grants members of the city-wide council on English language a 3 year term of office; grants members of the city-wide council on high schools a 3 year term of office; and grants members of the community district education councils a 3 year term of office, and requires such members to receive training on the open meetings law, parliamentary procedure and their fiduciary responsibilities, and expands the powers of such boards.
