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.
Maddy summaryThis bill creates a presumption that heart conditions causing disability or death for deputy sheriffs in cities with a population of one million or more were incurred during work, unless proven otherwise. It applies specifically to deputy sheriffs who passed initial physical exams (showing no pre-existing heart issues) but later develop undetected heart disease. Retiring deputy sheriffs with such conditions would receive a pension equal to 75% of their final average salary. The law directly affects deputy sheriffs in large cities like New York City, streamlining retirement benefits for work-related heart conditions.
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.
Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption for active military service members who at any time during the taxable year performed active duty in the armed forces in a combat zone; defines terms; makes related provisions.
Prohibits the issuance of violations or tickets during certain weekend hours to residential occupants for violations of the sanitation department regulations regarding placing trash or garbage out for collection earlier than allowed under the city routing system designated hours.
Requires a caller making a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the central register to leave their name and contact information; prohibits the office of children and family services from releasing information identifying a person who made such a report.
Provides for a line of duty disability presumption for any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in total or partial disability or death of certain deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities.
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.
Maddy summaryThis bill (S 7314) changes New York City police pension rules to allow surviving spouses of police officers to keep accidental death benefits even after remarrying. It amends the definition of "eligible beneficiary" for NYPD pension fund members (section 501(g)), removing the previous rule that terminated benefits upon remarriage. The key change directly affects surviving spouses of NYC police officers who would have lost benefits if they remarried under prior law. The policy update applies to police pension beneficiaries as of the bill's effective date, ensuring continued access to benefits regardless of marital status.
Maddy summaryThis bill (S 3318) extends paid leave for New York public employees who serve in the military. It increases the maximum annual paid leave from 30 days to 60 days (or 22 to 52 work days) per year for time spent on military duty, including travel to and from duty. The change directly affects state and local government workers called to active military service. The policy modifies existing law to provide longer paid absence coverage without creating new programs or eligibility requirements.
