Permits regulatory agencies to adjust any authorized fares to account for credit card processing fees for meters used in for-hire vehicles and requires credit card processing fees to be separately stated on receipts to passengers of such vehicles.
Relates to processing fees resulting from credit card or other non-cash payments selected by passengers of taxicabs and for-hire transportation.
Enacts the statewide transportation authority reinvestment (STAR) act; exempts mass transit authorities from bond issuance charges.
Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction in information relating to blood, bone marrow and organ and tissue donations in senior high schools.
Relates to the provision of wireless communication services; places the public service commission in control of the wireless communications services industry within the state of New York.
Establishes a program to develop microgrids that are capable of providing an uninterrupted supply of power to one or more community outage assets through an extended electric distribution outage.
Prohibits mandatory arbitration agreements in consumer and employment contracts; repeals existing provisions prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts.
Establishes the New American homebuyer assistance program within the state of New York mortgage agency to assist first time homebuyers by imposing flexible documentation guidelines that take into account foreign documentation of income and assets.
Relates to the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites.
Requires the boards of elections to provide a secure website or web portal through which voters can track their absentee application or absentee ballot.
