Authorizes certain organizations in a city of one million or more to be known as "fire patrols" under the not-for-profit corporation law; includes fire patrol vehicles as emergency vehicles under the vehicle and traffic law.
Provides for the certification of psychologists to prescribe drugs.
Expands eligibility for the disabled homeowners' exemption to certain surviving spouses; provides that if a person is eligible for the exemption and predeceases his or her spouse, such surviving spouse shall be eligible for the exemption, provided, that all other requirements are satisfied.
Increases the amount combat veterans shall be exempt from real property taxation to thirty-five percent.
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness.
Makes the inability to pay child support an affirmative defense to non-support of child offenses, rather than an element of such offenses.
Relates to granting certain court reporters peace officer status.
Includes the Sandy Ground community, the oldest continuously inhabited free black settlement in the United States, in the education curriculum.
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips.
Authorizes the New York city water board to grant a 10 percent discount on NYC water bills to senior citizens and veterans.
