Sen. Kevin Parker

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.

Provides an earned income tax credit to youth workers; increases the standard deduction for individuals eighteen to twenty-four years of age; provides for the deduction of student loan interest; provides for the expiration of such provisions.

Requires storage warehouse operators to maintain lock boxes for storage of official documents in each rental unit; prohibits storage warehouse operators from retaining or disposing of the contents of such lock boxes in the event of non-payment of unit rental fees.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 6090) allows people aged 70 or older to request an automatic excuse from jury service without needing to prove medical issues, hardship, or inconvenience. It directly affects New Yorkers aged 70+ who receive jury summonses. The key provision requires applicants to submit proof of age (via mail, fax, email, or in person) to the jury commissioner, who must grant the request. The law removes the current requirement for applicants to justify their excuse, streamlining the process for this age group.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires election boards in cities with over one million residents to provide voting information in Haitian Creole, matching the same content offered in other languages. Specifically, it mandates that websites include Haitian Creole translations and that a citywide booklet be distributed containing: (1) English voter registration forms with Haitian Creole instructions, (2) absentee ballot application guidelines in Haitian Creole, and (3) general voter FAQs in Haitian Creole. The bill does not require translation of all materials but ensures key voting processes are accessible in Haitian Creole. It applies only to large cities and takes effect January 1 following enactment.

Establishes an independent fatality review board to review and assess domestic violence cases which result in a fatality and compile a report and make recommendations to certain state agencies based on such review and assessment; provides for access to various records without subpoena and for access to sealed records with judicial authorization.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows attendees at professional or collegiate sports events to bring certain reusable beverage containers (aluminum or stainless steel bottles/cups) into sports venues. Venues cannot ban these containers but may require them to be empty, without caps, or holding no more than 24 ounces. Sports venues violating the law face civil penalties of up to $500 for a first offense and $750 for subsequent violations. The bill directly affects sports venues and event attendees by changing container policies at games.

Enacts the Educational Rights Transparency for New York Families Act, to establish standards for resource based educational rights of students within the state and implement a system of self-assessment and reporting by schools and school districts.

Provides that when a housing accommodation has been vacated after continuous tenancy or occupancy of ten years or more prior to vacancy, and the owner can demonstrate restoration of the unit, the new legal regulated rent shall be the rent agreed to by the owner and first tenant after such restoration and reserved in a lease or other rental agreement; makes related provisions.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York broadband providers to offer high-speed internet service at $5 per month to eligible low-income households. Eligibility includes households receiving free/reduced school meals, meeting income thresholds (185% of federal poverty level), or enrolled in SNAP, Medicaid, or certain rent assistance programs. The service must provide minimum speeds of 100 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload, with providers required to advertise the program and submit annual compliance reports to the state. Violations could result in $1,000 fines per incident.