Establishes the New York works progress program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Sen. John Liu
Sponsored bills
Establishes the Diwali school holiday in certain qualifying school districts to commemorate the Hindu festival of lights.
Requires prevailing wage to be paid for work performed on a public works project for any work involving the delivery to and hauling of aggregate supply construction materials, as well as any return hauls, whether empty or loaded and any time spent loading/unloading.
Enacts the family and fire fighter protection act relating to the regulation of chemicals in upholstered furniture, mattresses and electronic enclosures; bans the use of certain flame retardant chemicals in furniture and mattresses; bans the use of certain flame retardant chemicals in electronic casings.
Appoints an impartial hearing officer to issue an order of relief if a parent or person in parental relation of a student files a due process complaint notice seeking an impartial due process hearing.
Expands customer access to community distributed generation by creating a model tariff to provide for the transfer of bill credits associated with electricity produced by community distributed generation facilities in one electric corporation territory to other territories.
Creates the calculation by which to determine yearly tuition and regional rate reimbursement for approved school-age and preschool special education programs.
Relates to standards for and testing of potable water in school buildings; eliminates certain exemptions; sets minimum standards; permits building aid for remediation measures.
Delineates instances where no landlord-tenant relationships exist in cooperative apartments.
Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force to examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide prevention for our veterans.