Provides treatment for sexually transmitted diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent; provides definition for health care practitioner.
Requires the superintendent of the state police to establish uniform investigatory standards when there is a shooting of a civilian by a police officer.
Establishes an innocent tenant protection act applicable to tenants of public and federally assisted housing; prevents honest, hardworking family members from being evicted when other family members are involved in illegal acts.
Maddy summaryS 4181 amends New York's toy safety law to explicitly prohibit the sale or distribution of toys contaminated with toxic substances, such as lead-based paint exceeding federal limits or hazardous stuffing materials. It directly affects toy manufacturers, sellers, and distributors of children's products in New York by requiring compliance with specific safety standards. Key provisions define "toxic substance" to include lead, arsenic, mercury, or unsafe materials in coatings, stuffing, or production conditions, and ban toys posing electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazards. The Attorney General can enforce this through lawsuits seeking injunctions and civil penalties up to $4,000 per willful violation.
Maddy summaryThis bill, S 7282 ("No Slavery in New York Act"), prohibits involuntary servitude and forced labor for all incarcerated individuals in New York State correctional facilities, including those convicted of crimes. It amends the Civil Rights Law to explicitly ban slavery, involuntary servitude, and forced labor in the state, and adds a new provision to the Correction Law banning any labor compelled by force, adverse actions, or threats. The law takes effect immediately and directly affects all people incarcerated in state and local correctional facilities across New York.
Establishes the office of nutrition and fitness to protect the public from preventable diseases causally related to obesity by developing and implementing a plan to educate and encourage health and nutrition in the state.
Directs the New York state comptroller to conduct a feasibility study on implementing a universal basic income program; requires the state comptroller, in conjunction with the division of budget and New York city comptroller, to conduct a study on implementing a universal basic income program that provides individuals or households with an annual income of less than $80,000 per year with $7,200 per year for individuals and $14,400 per year for couples.
Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that time frames for notice, approval or certification of rates of payment and to the requirement of prior notice of rates of payment are suspended, deemed without any force and effect from and after February 1, 2027 for such rates effective for the period April 1, 2027 through March 31, 2028.
Enacts the "Michael K. Williams law" to establish a grant program to incentivize counties and municipalities to reduce prison populations; makes an appropriation therefor.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires charter schools in New York City to follow the city's standard land use review process (ULURP) when locating in public school buildings or city-owned property. It directly affects charter school entities seeking to occupy space within NYC public buildings or city-owned land. The key provision amends education law to mandate full compliance with ULURP procedures under NYC Charter Section 197c before such locations can be approved. This ensures charter school site selections undergo the same public review process as other major development projects in the city.
