Sen. Cordell Cleare

Waives the state's sovereign immunity in state and federal courts with regard to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Establishes the citywide leadership team to ensure that parents' and students' voices are represented in all education decision-making, ensure education policies considered or implemented are conducive to promoting student achievement and enhancing the overall quality of education for students attending public schools in the city of New York, and include all stakeholders at all stages of the decision-making process.

Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual which includes all medical records, including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and programming records.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 1200) allows veterans to earn academic credit at New York State and City University systems for military training they completed. Specifically, full-time undergraduate veterans enrolled in good standing at these institutions can receive full credit toward their degree for military courses meeting American Council on Education standards - without any fees or tuition charges. It applies to veterans who served honorably in active duty, reserves, or New York National Guard/Militia. The law requires university boards to create procedures for implementing this credit transfer.

Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft.

Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.

Requires educational institutions with an endowment of 10 billion dollars or more to incorporate thirty percent affordable housing units in any property owned by such institution that provides any form of housing.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires all state and local correctional facilities to provide annual, no-cost gynecological services to incarcerated people with cervixes. Facilities must offer these services unless an individual declines in writing, and they must report annually on service uptake and written declinations. The law defines gynecological services as part of "routine medical care" under existing correctional health regulations. It applies directly to incarcerated individuals with cervixes, ensuring access to standard preventive and diagnostic care without financial or administrative barriers.

Relates to the salaries of certain teachers and aides employed by boards of cooperative educational services; puts limits on certain administrative and clerical expenses.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits tax districts in New York City (population over 1 million) from selling delinquent tax liens. It amends New York State tax law and New York City's administrative code to ban these sales, effective January 1 after enactment. The law directly affects NYC's tax collection practices by preventing the sale of unpaid property tax debts to private entities or the state bond bank. This is a specific policy change targeting tax lien sales in the largest city, with no exceptions for municipal collection methods.