Relates to the removal of unauthorized persons from residential real property by a police officer if such unauthorized person(s) has been asked to leave and is not a current or former tenant.
Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.
Establishes domestic abuse offenses for assaults upon spouses, former spouses, fellow parents of a child in common and domestic partners; provides for issuance of a special information for domestic abuse in the first degree requiring a predicate criminal conviction; designates such domestic abuse offenses as family offenses for purposes of the criminal procedure law and the family court act.
Requires portable electronic devices distributed after January 1, 2028 to automatically disable their texting and computer functions when the holder is operating a motor vehicle over 10 miles an hour; eliminates the exemption from provisions, relating to the use of portable electronic devices in motor vehicles, granted to commercial motor vehicles, police, firefighters and emergency vehicle operators.
Maddy summaryS 5580 requires New York's health commissioner to create and publish a list of generic drugs meeting FDA safety and efficacy standards, including those with therapeutic equivalence. The bill mandates that manufacturers provide the state with bioequivalence data and other supporting information, which must be made freely available online. This list will determine which generic drugs can be substituted by pharmacists without a prescriber's "Dispense As Written" (DAW) notation on prescriptions. The law also repeals an outdated section of public health law and updates prescription form requirements to ensure pharmacists can substitute approved generics unless explicitly prohibited by the prescriber.
Maddy summaryS 1296 establishes a cap on annual growth for state spending on day-to-day operations (excluding federal funds and capital projects). The cap equals the average of the prior three years' inflation rates (or 2%, whichever is lower). The governor must certify budget proposals don't exceed this cap, and the comptroller verifies compliance after the legislature acts. Exceptions allow exceeding the cap only during declared emergencies with a two-thirds legislative vote. This directly affects how the governor and legislature draft and approve the state budget each year.
Requires a person issued a driver's license or permit to report the instance of a medically diagnosed seizure to the commissioner of motor vehicles within sixty days of such seizure.
Maddy summaryS 1427 proposes changes to how non-commercial driver's licenses and learner's permits are issued, specifically for those that do not meet federal identification standards. The bill creates different requirements for counties designated as "boundary land" compared to other counties. In counties *without* boundary land, applicants could use certain foreign documents, like passports or consular IDs, as proof of identity and provide an affidavit if they lack a social security number. However, these alternative forms of identification and the social security number affidavit would not be accepted for these specific license types in "boundary land" counties.
Maddy summaryThis bill modifies New York's bail eligibility rules for defendants charged with hate crimes. It adds "a hate crime as defined in article 485 of the Penal Law" to the list of offenses where defendants may not be released on their own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions. Prosecutors must now show reasonable cause that the defendant committed both the hate crime and any underlying offense. The change applies to cases where the alleged hate crime occurred while the defendant was already released on bail or awaiting arraignment for another qualifying offense. This policy directly affects individuals charged with hate crimes under New York law during bail hearings.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits certain sex offenders on parole or probation from entering public, association, or free libraries. It specifically targets individuals convicted of crimes against minors (under 18) or designated as Level 3 sex offenders. As a mandatory condition of release, these offenders must avoid all such libraries unless authorized in writing by their parole/probation officer and library administrator for limited purposes like being a student, employee, or having a family member enrolled. The restriction applies only during library hours when minors are present at the facility.
