Sen. Zellnor Myrie

Extends certain provisions relating to authorizing New York city marshals to exercise the same functions, powers and duties as sheriffs with respect to the execution of money judgments of the supreme and family courts of the city of New York; extends certain provisions of law relating to requiring New York city marshals to post and electronically file notices of eviction.

Maddy summaryThis bill updates New York state laws to standardize the term "consumer debt" by replacing the older phrase "consumer credit transaction" in various civil court rules. It defines consumer debt as money owed for personal, family, or household purposes, such as medical bills, while explicitly excluding debts secured by real property like mortgages. The legislation introduces several procedural changes, including a new three-year statute of limitations for filing these cases and a requirement that court summonses be printed in both English and Spanish. Additionally, the bill mandates that plaintiffs provide defendants with a mailed notice in both languages when filing a lawsuit and imposes specific filing fees for these types of actions.

Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes New York City's Council on the Arts to officially designate Little Panama as a cultural district within the city. The legislation establishes specific boundaries for the district, running from President Street to the South, Franklin Avenue to the East, Bergen Street to the North, and Classon Avenue to the West. Under this designation, the council may provide grants, technical assistance, or other support to cultural institutions in the area to promote its cultural significance. The law also allows the council to designate additional cultural districts in the future if they meet similar criteria of being compact, contiguous, and having an identifiable cultural heritage.

Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to certain incarcerated nursing birth parents who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such incarcerated birth parents; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to issue an annual report on data relating to incarcerated birth parents.

Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.

Repeals the provision of law that volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers who receive a real property tax exemption for service may not receive the income tax credit for such service.

Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental resilience, racial equity, valued workforce, valued agricultural sector, animal welfare, and nutrition.

Maddy summaryThis bill lowers the age for mandatory annual mammogram coverage under large group health insurance plans from 35 to 30 years old. It directly affects women aged 30-39 enrolled in large employer-sponsored health plans. The key change modifies insurance law to require annual mammograms for this age group in large plans (previously only for ages 35-39), though coverage remains subject to physician recommendation and medical necessity determination. This policy update applies to all large group health insurance policies issued or renewed after the effective date.

Establishes the cesarean births review board; provides such board shall be comprised of multidisciplinary experts to review the rate of cesarean births at hospitals in the state; provides reporting requirements.