Enacts "Cariol's Law"; provides for a duty to intervene when a police officer or peace officer observes another police officer or peace officer using physical force that such officer reasonably believes to be clearly excessive or beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances.
Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances; grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.
Relates to designating blighted property and blighted areas; establishes criteria for designation; provides definition of blighted property and blighted areas; amends definition of substandard or insanitary area by removing the words "slum" and "deteriorated or deteriorating".
Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections if they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction.
Maddy summaryThis bill repeals Chapter 834 of the 1940 laws, which previously established procedures for removing certain police officers. It directly removes this outdated legal framework from the statute book, meaning the specific process it described no longer applies. The repeal takes immediate effect, eliminating the 1940 law without creating new policies or affecting current police personnel. As a procedural repeal, it does not change current police hiring, removal, or civil service rules.
Establishes an educational program related to the prevention of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia bias and discrimination based on religion, race, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Maddy summaryS 2433 establishes protections for residents and cooperatives when ground leases for apartment buildings expire. It requires cooperatives to dissolve properly within 10 days of lease expiration and automatically grants residents tenant status under New York's rent laws, ensuring their housing remains regulated. The bill also gives the cooperative a 120-day right to purchase the underlying land if the landowner sells, with specific notice and timing requirements for both parties. These changes directly affect ground lease residential co-ops and their residents in New York, ensuring continuity of housing and rent protections upon lease termination.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York's board of elections to copy electronic ballot images and cast vote records from voting machines within one week after an election and make them public records available upon request. It directly affects voters and election officials by increasing transparency in election results. The key provision mandates that these electronic records - showing how each ballot was interpreted - must be preserved and provided to anyone who requests them, rather than remaining sealed. The bill does not change voting procedures but ensures public access to the digital records used to tabulate votes.
Prohibits certain political contributions and loans by certain organizations; provides that loans not repaid by the date of the primary or election shall be considered a contribution.
Maddy summaryThis bill amends the definition of "residential treatment facility" in New York's correction law by removing the phrase "persons who are on parole or conditional release." It specifically narrows the scope of facilities covered under this term, excluding individuals on parole or conditional release from the definition. The change affects how correctional facilities are classified under this legal term, but does not create new programs or alter parole eligibility. The bill repeals a related subdivision in the correction law and takes effect 30 days after enactment.
