Authorizes public authorities and public benefit corporations to negotiate with professional firms providing architectural or engineering services in order from the most qualified to the least qualified with regard to the provision of services to the authority or corporation.
Sen. Leroy Comrie
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Requires the terms and conditions of any individual life insurance policy loan to be in writing, be signed by the insured and the agent and contain a signed statement that the agent has explained the terms to the policyholder.
Requires utility corporations and entities to submit an annual report to the public service commission, legislature, the executive, and the chairman of the state energy planning board detailing energy metering production, including the number of customer-generators, the type of power producing the energy and the amount of output from each customer-generator.
Creates a pilot program to encourage homeownership among persons and groups who are currently underrepresented in homeownership and/or have seen a marked decline in rates of homeownership over the last decade; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Enacts the "homeowner mortgage refinance relief act"; exempts from a local mortgage tax or recording tax mortgagors who are refinancing real property; provides that the commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish grounds for qualifications, proof and procedure necessary for a mortgagor to obtain such an exemption.
Relates to outreach programming for minority and women-owned business enterprises; makes an appropriation therefor.
Provides that the MTA shall not use cleaning materials or chemicals which may cause asthma or trigger or exacerbate the symptoms of asthma.
Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the 5th congressional district and to prepare a remedial plan.
Relates to the definition of residence and residential real property.
Sets a state-wide three percent cap on penalties for unpaid real property tax due and payable or remaining unpaid during the period from March 7, 2020 to June 30, 2021.