Requires utility companies to reimburse consumers for spoilage of food and medication due to the lack of refrigeration in the event of a power outage lasting seventy-two hours or more.
Sen. Leroy Comrie
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Exempts "non-profit housing development fund corporations" in New York city from payment for water usage and supply.
Relates to the time election day workers must be at poll sites to prepare for the opening of polls; one hour instead of one-half hour.
Establishes the student loan borrower bill of rights to protect borrowers and ensure that student loan servicers act more as loan counselors than debt collectors.
Relates to including senior citizens as vulnerable populations eligible for supportive housing.
Establishes a gang prevention coordination council.
Requires that curricula and educational programs provide incarcerated individuals the opportunity to earn educational or vocational credits which shall be transferable to an educational institution upon the release of the incarcerated individual.
Requires any school district in the state shall provide, to pupils in grades nine through twelve, one full unit of instruction designed to promote consumer awareness and financial education.
Establishes a career and technical high school diploma (CTE) for students completing a course of study for a career or trade.
Relates to paratransit services within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.