Requires providers of residential services to developmentally disabled children to have surveillance cameras in the common areas of their residential facilities.
Provides that certain sex offenders who are released on parole may not enter public, association or free libraries.
Requires proportionally equivalent appointees of both the majority and minority houses of the legislature in all legislatively enacted workgroups, task forces, commissions, councils, advisory boards, committees and any other legislatively enacted and appointed groups or workgroups; requires that the number of appointees by the legislature shall be proportionally equivalent to the number of appointees by the governor.
Provides protections against anti-Semitism in the human rights law and the hate crimes statute.
Provides that possession or sale of a stimulant weighing 15 grams or more shall be punishable as a class A-I felony.
Grants the commissioner of education the power to identify schools for additional support and assistance and establish performance targets for such schools.
Extends the statute of limitations for complaints alleging cases of sexual harassment in employment, to 3 years or within 1 year of the complainant's employment termination at such employer, whichever is later.
Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if, by clear and convincing evidence, release would pose an imminent threat to society; authorizes the withholding of good behavior allowances of violent felony offenders by the state board of parole upon such a finding.
Exempts veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations.
Grants a preference to New York state businesses in the state contract award process where the New York state business' bid is within five percent of the winning bid.
