Establishes a Co-STAR tax program for senior citizens.
Sen. Leroy Comrie
Sponsored bills
Allows a tenant to offset against future rental payments the cost of certain emergency repairs a landlord is either unwilling or unable to correct within twenty-four hours of notice to the landlord of the need for such emergency repair, provided that the tenant provides landlord with itemized cost accounting of all emergency repairs made.
Relates to establishing the community restoration fund to use funds from judgments and settlements received in cases with lending institutions relating to subprime and predatory lending, and other mortgage and real estate industry practices to help communities recover from the foreclosure crisis and keep homeowners in their home.
Prohibits employers from seeking salary history from prospective employees.
Relates to computer generated registration lists and the list of supplies to be delivered to the poll sites.
Creates a vending to food pantries and soup kitchens tax credit.
Requires the certification or training of teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of dyslexia and related disorders.
Relates to notifying homeowners whose property netted a surplus at a tax foreclosure auction.
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
Relates to school based health and mental health clinics in certain cities.