Prohibits a municipal corporation from prohibiting the issuing of a permit for the construction of any new commercial, residential, or mixed-use building on the basis that such building will be a mixed-fuel building.
Sen. Mario Mattera
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Requires at least one handicap accessible swing set in each state park.
Requires the dormitory authority of the state of New York to fulfill all outstanding monetary commitments made to any local government for a fiscal year prior to allocating any moneys to economic development grant programs for the following fiscal year.
Requires that driver's licenses indicate the blood type of the licensee upon the licensee's request.
Establishes the everyone can play grant program which allows for grants up to $100,000 to municipalities to cover the costs for the creation of handicap accessible aspects in new or existing recreation facilities.
Authorizes electronic court appearances for criminal matters, excluding jury trials, in all counties in the state; authorizes electronic appearances for criminal matters where the court determines a personal appearance would be impractical, unsafe or excessively burdensome; authorizes sentencing to a period of incarceration to be conducted via electronic appearance for defendants who are already incarcerated.
Enacts "Lorraine's Law"; increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole for a violent felony offense shall be determined.
Grants free access and parking at state parks for active-duty military members and veterans upon showing an active-duty military or veteran's ID card.
Allows lifetime orders of protection when the respondent is convicted of certain felonies or an attempt to commit such felonies.
Designates certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first responders.