Enacts the "monk parakeet protection act".
Sen. Joe Addabbo
Sponsored bills
Makes veterans organizations eligible for monies appropriated to the state and municipal facilities program for the payment of capital costs.
Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law; authorizes a not-for-profit entity to administer the program.
Directs the state education commissioner to conduct an audit and report on statewide compliance with state instructional regulations for arts education and to establish a remediation process for schools found to be out of compliance.
Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought i.e. grief and anguish; loss of love, society, protection, comfort, companionship and consortium; reasonable funeral expenses; reasonable expenses for medical care, treatment etc. prior to death; pecuniary injuries due to loss of services, support, inheritance; and loss of nurture, guidance or education.
Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps.
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment.
Requires animal shelters that receive state funding to annually report on intake and disposition of animals; such reports shall be available to the public.
Establishes a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons.
Requires the New York city planning commission to regulate and restrict the new location or continued operation of a social services facility.