Prohibits law enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.
Relates to increasing the exemption from sales and use taxes for food and drink sold through any vending machine; increases the exemption to two dollars.
Relates to providing broadband and fiber optic services; requires the public service commission to determine the status of broadband and fiber optic services in New York state; provides that the commission shall require construction or installation of broadband and fiber optic services by an internet service provider in communities in which broadband and fiber optic services are determined to be absent, insufficient, or inadequate.
Relates to an annual report of department statistics.
Prohibits suppliers of natural gas or electric service from changing a customer's supplier of gas or electric service (commonly known as "slamming") unless such supplier complies with requirements established by the public service commission; authorizes the commission to establish requirements for customer consent; makes enforcement provisions to punish violators of slamming requirements.
Establishes a mentor for youth program for middle school and high school students at high risk to engage in violent acts or drop out of school.
Imposes additional requirements with respect to the duty of a landlord to provide tenants with a written receipt for rent paid and directs the office of court administration to embark upon a campaign to inform tenants of their right to the same; authorizes the court to impose a twenty-five dollar rent reduction for each failure to comply with this section.
Relates to establishing the Barbara Clark leaders of tomorrow scholarship; provides funds be distributed from the New York state lottery and given to one eligible senior from every participating public and private high school in New York state.
Relates to rental assistance for low income elderly families; imposes a tax on conveyances or transfers of residential real property whose consideration is greater than two million dollars.
Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to take a parcel of land by the eminent domain procedure for a state park and community garden.
