Sen. Cordell Cleare

Requires the city university of New York and state university of New York have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is multilingual.

Enacts the "fair share act"; authorizes cities imposing city personal income taxes to adopt and amend local laws imposing an additional tax of two percent on the annual city taxable income of city residents, estates and trusts reporting any return in excess of one million dollars.

Requires insurance companies to reimburse all health care practitioners at the same rate for cervical cytology screening, including the preparation of a Pap smear; prohibits health care practitioners from refusing to provide a Pap smear during a regular annual checkup if such patient has not had a Pap smear done in the preceding twelve months.

Maddy summaryBill S 7562 amends existing law concerning prescription drug labeling. It requires pharmacists to include a physical description of the drug on the immediate container when dispensing a prescription. This description must specify details such as the drug's size, shape, color, and any identifying imprint. This new labeling requirement is in addition to existing information like the patient's name, prescriber, and directions for use, providing patients with more detailed identifying information about their medication.

Reports the number of women employed in each office and/or position in the service of the state and the race, ethnicity and salary range of each such employee.

Requires heating oil sold for use in any building in the state to be bioheating fuel that contains minimum percentages of biodiesel and/or renewable hydrocarbon diesel.

Declares the "Juneteenth flag" to be the official state flag for raising awareness of the history of slavery, the struggles African Americans have faced, and the ongoing fight for equity today.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a legal process for people wrongfully convicted and imprisoned to seek state compensation. To qualify, claimants must prove innocence (through DNA evidence, a pardon for innocence, or a court-ordered conviction reversal on specific grounds), show they didn't cause their own conviction, and demonstrate they served time. Compensation must be at least $1 million per year of wrongful incarceration, plus reasonable attorney fees. Claims based on prior pardons or dismissals must be filed within two years.

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of incarcerated individuals released from correctional facilities; appropriates $250,000 therefor.

Establishes the baby bucks allowance to provide income to eligible participants for the last three months of pregnancy and the first 18 months of the child's life; excludes income received from the baby bucks allowance for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility.