Sen. Julia Salazar

Establishes the "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity; allows for recovery of a civil penalty by the state attorney general; creates a private right of action for violations.

Maddy summaryS 6436 amends multiple state laws to replace the term "American Indian" with "Indigenous peoples" or variations in legal definitions. It directly affects existing provisions in laws related to minority business enterprise eligibility, criminal justice data collection, education testing categories, and environmental conservation contracting. The bill updates statutory language across 8 sections - including corrections data categories, economic development definitions, and cannabis law provisions - to use the more inclusive term "Indigenous peoples" instead of "American Indian." This change reflects a shift in terminology to align with contemporary usage preferred by many Indigenous communities. The bill does not alter eligibility criteria or funding levels, only the descriptive language used in these legal references.

Maddy summaryThe Hunger-Free Campus Act (S 2637) creates a grant program for public colleges and universities to address student food insecurity. To qualify, campuses must meet specific requirements, including establishing student-led hunger task forces, providing SNAP enrollment assistance, operating on-campus food pantries, and conducting annual student hunger surveys. Grants fund initiatives like meal donation programs, SNAP outreach, and awareness campaigns to support students' basic food needs. The program requires institutions to report on grant usage and outcomes to the state education commissioner, with priority given to schools with high Pell Grant enrollment.

Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits legacy admissions policies at colleges and universities in New York; declares such policies and practices to be discriminatory and inequitable.

Enacts the tropical rainforest economic & environmental sustainability act requiring that companies contracting with the state do not contribute to tropical forest degradation or deforestation directly or through their supply chains; establishes the supply chain transparency assistance program to assist small and medium-sized businesses and minority and women-owned businesses in achieving compliant supply chains.

Establishes a housing project revolving loan program and housing project revolving loan fund to encourage the development of mixed income housing by providing zero-percent interest or low-interest loans.

Relates to the age requirement for voting in a primary election; provides that a person who is seventeen years of age at the time of a primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such primary election is held, shall be eligible to vote in such primary election.

Maddy summarySenate Bill S 7884 proposes to amend the tax law to allow a deduction from personal gross income. This deduction is specifically for expenses incurred by taxpayers when adopting a child from the foster care system. It covers various costs, including adoption fees, medical and legal fees, court costs, and other related expenses. The bill aims to reduce the taxable income for individuals who incur these specific adoption-related expenses.

Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.

Establishes the "Malcom X unsolved civil rights crime act"; requires the assistant attorney of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine, and resulted in a death.