Sen. Jabari Brisport

Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires all sworn state police officers, local police officers, and peace officers to keep their badges visibly displayed while performing official duties. It prohibits intentionally covering badges that would obscure identification and imposes a $500 fine for each violation. Citizens can report suspected violations by calling a new phone number created and posted online by the relevant state divisions. The law applies directly to sworn law enforcement personnel during official activities and aims to increase transparency during public interactions.

Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.

Maddy summaryS 2550 allows individuals to petition courts to release certain grand jury records based on "enduring historical importance." It directly affects researchers, historians, and the public seeking access to historical records, particularly those involving dismissed cases against public officials. The bill establishes that grand jury materials 40 years or older are presumed to have historical value, requiring courts to release them if they enhance historical records, foster scholarly discussion, or improve public understanding of significant events. This replaces the previous secrecy rule for such records, with courts determining release details.

Establishes an unemployment bridge program and an unemployment bridge program fund to provide wage replacement to workers that do not qualify for unemployment insurance or other worker wage assistance programs and who have lost a major source of income due to lost work (Part A); establishes the "Digital Ad Tax Act (DATA)" creating a tax on digital advertising services (Part B).

Requires any municipality which conducts lead testing to provide notices to the owner and any tenants of a residence upon a positive test and inform the owner and any tenants of lead abatement programs and other resources; requires municipalities to notify tenants of lead testing.

Prohibits the department of environmental conservation from issuing or authorizing any permits to new or expanding large concentrated animal feeding operations.

Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.

Enacts the "New York city small business rent stabilization act" instituting a commercial rent control system in the city of New York; creates the commercial rent guidelines board.

Enhances criminal investigations and prosecutions in relation to the integrity of statements of those accused of crimes and to promote confidence in the criminal justice system.