Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.
Relates to rechargeable battery recycling; adds a battery used as the principal electric power source for an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist to the definition of "rechargeable battery"; provides that a battery manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute rechargeable batteries in the state unless the battery manufacturer is implementing or participating under an approved plan; allows a city with a population of one million or more to enforce through its own agencies.
Requires each appropriate institution housing a defendant due to mental disease or defect to assign a critical time intervention care management team to the defendant and make a single point of access referral for the defendant prior to such defendant's discharge.
Maddy summaryThe RAISE Act establishes safety requirements for developers of powerful artificial intelligence models, known as "frontier models." A frontier model is defined as one trained with over 10^26 computational operations (costing more than $100 million) or a distilled version costing over $5 million. Large developers must implement documented safety protocols to prevent "critical harm," defined as events causing death, serious injury to 100+ people, or $1 billion in damages from AI misuse. The bill also defines key terms like "safety incident" and outlines remedies for violations, focusing on risk mitigation rather than restricting AI development.
Provides for the adjustment of the minimum amount of tax delinquency for which the driver's license of a taxpayer may be suspended, based on inflation; prohibits inclusion in the license suspension program of a taxpayer who receives public assistance or supplemental security income, or whose income does not exceed 250% of the poverty level; authorizes the commissioner to grant exemptions to taxpayers whose payment of past due tax liabilities would create a hardship to the taxpayer in meeting necessary living expenses.
Provides that persons engaged in activity for which a license or other authorization from the superintendent of financial services is required under the banking law or financial services law will be subject to a civil penalty.
Maddy summaryThis bill (S 2520) changes New York State's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response deadlines for government agencies. It sets new time limits: 180 days for requests made before 2026, 90 days for 2027 requests, and 60 days for requests on or after January 1, 2028. Agencies must explain delays if they cannot meet these deadlines due to federal law, safety concerns, or extremely large volumes of records, and must provide monthly updates to requesters. The bill directly affects state agencies (like departments and offices) that handle FOIA requests and all individuals or organizations seeking government records under FOIA.
Prohibits the keeping of inventory, storage, warehouse, processing, packaging, shipping or distributing of flavored vapor products near where vapor or tobacco products are sold at retail or wholesale.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits mortgage lenders from penalizing borrowers (mortgagors) for not setting high enough rental rates on properties securing a mortgage. It makes any mortgage clause that charges fees, causes default, or penalizes low rents void and unenforceable. The law applies immediately to all mortgages, including those issued, renewed, or modified before the bill's passage. It directly affects all homeowners with mortgages on rental properties by preventing lenders from leveraging rent levels to enforce loan terms.
Requires the New York city department of buildings to confirm that there are no tenants living at certain properties prior to approving or issuing permits for the demolition or the substantial alteration or renovation of such properties.
