Requires potable water testing at state and local parks at least once every three years and any finding of lead contamination must be abated within ninety days.
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how being a caregiver impacts their education.
Provides additional benefits for certain county correction officers in Westchester county; provides benefits to retirement system members with credited service in excess of twenty-five years.
Clarifies provisions related to the overtime ceiling for correction officers of the Westchester county correction department for the purposes of retirement benefits.
Provides that retirement contributions of public employees with ten or more years of service shall be three per centum per annum.
Prohibits the sale of tobacco products and vapor products within five hundred feet of a public or private school.
Enacts the "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act"; sets program requirements; authorizes grants to eligible YouthBuild participants; establishes application requirements.
Directs the state education commissioner to require public school districts to report on compliance with art education instruction requirements.
Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams if they will meet the minimum age requirement or attain the minimum education requirement within twelve months.
