Provides a cost-of-living adjustment for New York public retirement systems.
Sen. Andrew Gounardes
Sponsored bills
Creates the New York state private not-for-profit special education schools revolving loan fund to provide zero interest loans to private not-for-profit special education schools in NYC to cover a portion of tuition costs for up to two years; appropriates two hundred million dollars.
Requires the appointment of impartial hearing officers in New York City school districts for appeals procedures for children with handicapping conditions.
Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities.
Establishes that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice to deny a refugee resettlement based on any criterion, method of administration, or practice that has the purpose or effect of discriminating on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, familial status, predisposing genetic characteristics, disability, marital status, or status as a victim of domestic violence.
Requires the board of elections in the city of New York to release data on how voters ranked all candidates in a ranked choice election, even if a single candidate received a majority of highest rank votes and the tabulation process was not triggered.
Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high school throughout the state; sets duties of guidance counselors.
Provides real property tax relief during the COVID-19 state of emergency by waiving interest and penalties for unpaid property taxes where an owner has suffered economic hardship during such emergency.
Excludes any period of time during which a person who was wrongly convicted of a crime was serving a sentence of incarceration from the time limit applicable to timeliness of prosecution.
Provides for hazard duty pay of an additional twenty-five hundred dollars for essential work performed in accordance with a state emergency disaster declaration.