Grants employee protections conferred by the labor law to cheerleaders.
Prohibits the assessment of fees for real property taxes owed on real property owned by small businesses and small landlords during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency through 90 days after the end of such state disaster emergency.
Relates to pretrial mental health and substance abuse evaluations and treatment for certain defendants; establishes the pretrial mental health and substance abuse services bail fund.
Establishes a farm-to-school task force; directs the commissioner of education to develop a program to require all public schools to provide fresh foods to students in a manner that supports local agriculture and increases market opportunities for farmers from under-represented communities.
Establishes in the department of agriculture and markets a program to purchase fresh produce from farms located in the state and distribute such produce to areas determined by the commissioner of agriculture and markets to be food deserts and promotes opportunities for farm ownership among under-represented farmers, including farmers who are black, indigenous, or people of color.
Establishes the New York city public housing preservation trust for properties owned or operated by the New York city housing authority and provides for the issuance of certain bonds, notes or other obligations of the New York city housing development corporation.
Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older.
Excludes from state income tax up to $10,200 of unemployment compensation benefits earned by a resident of the state.
Provides that medical marihuana may be used as part of the treatment of a patient's condition and removes the "serious" designation of such condition; provides that a practitioner be authorized to prescribe controlled substances in the state and removes the requirement that a physician prescribe such medical marihuana; increases the supply amount of marihuana from thirty to sixty days; allows a designated caregiver facility or designated caregiver facility employee to possess, acquire, deliver, transfer, transport or administer medical marihuana; requires the commissioner of health to establish a medical marihuana research license; establishes a medical marihuana research program; requires the registration of designated caregiver facilities; authorizes the commissioner of health to approve and permit one or more independent laboratories to test medical marihuana; increases the number of dispensing sites of a registered organization from four to eight; makes related provisions.
Relates to direct marketing activities for New York beverages; authorizes the sale of beer and wine at movie theaters.
