Sen. Cordell Cleare

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

Enacts the "child sex crime victims protection act"; establishes alternative sentencing procedures for victims of child sex crimes who commit crimes against their abusers.

Requires the pedestrian pathway located between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue on West 116th Street in the city of New York, also known as College Walk, to be open to public pedestrians.

Relates to allergy awareness and training in restaurants; requires allergen awareness training; requires certification within thirty days after hire date.

Relates to school climate and codes of conduct on school property and disciplinary action following violation of such codes of conduct; makes conforming amendments.

Prohibits employees of the department of corrections and community supervision or a correctional facility from willfully obstructing, blocking or otherwise obscuring a body-worn or stationary camera from recording activities within a correctional facility for the purpose of hindering an existing or potential investigation, concealing a crime or criminal activity, or concealing otherwise unlawful behavior.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires hotels, motels, public restrooms, service areas, and public buildings in New York to display specific domestic violence resource signs in bathrooms. The signs, developed by the state's domestic violence prevention office, must include contact information for support services and be displayed in English, Spanish, and additional languages as determined by the office. They must be placed visibly in public restrooms (e.g., on the bottom right of mirrors or on restroom doors) and in lactation rooms, with enforcement through complaint mechanisms and routine inspections during mandated building checks. The law aims to ensure easy access to domestic violence resources for individuals in these facilities.

Directs the division of criminal justice services, in consultation with the office of temporary and disability assistance, to establish a universal, statewide human trafficking hotline to provide individuals in the state access to appropriate counselling and services for human trafficking victims.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits the installation or use of residential automatic pesticide misting systems in New York. It directly affects homeowners and residents who currently use or plan to install these devices on their properties. The law bans such systems after the effective date (immediately upon enactment), defining them as devices that automatically spray pesticides at timed intervals around residential dwellings or their grounds. The policy change is a straightforward prohibition with no exceptions or implementation timelines beyond the immediate effective date.

Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.