Sen. Robert Jackson

Relates to the appointment and responsibilities of the commissioners of the public service commission; requires the commission to have a duty to protect public interest, including ensuring access to utility services for residential and business customers; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission.

Requires certain agencies and individuals to provide notice regarding the rent increase exemption for low income elderly persons and persons with disabilities programs to tenants upon the occurrence of certain events.

Authorizes the state inspector general to receive and investigate complaints of sexual assault in correctional facilities and other places operated by the department of corrections and community supervision for the confinement of persons; requires the state inspector general to establish protocol and procedures for such reports and investigations.

Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.

Establishes the "jobs and housing act"; directs the private housing finance agency to develop and administer a jobs and housing pilot program to construct and preserve housing, including workforce housing, that is affordable to low and moderate income persons, and creates jobs for those who build and work in such housing.

Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.

Provides a heart disease presumption for members employed as a fire alarm dispatcher, a supervising fire alarm dispatcher level one or a supervising fire alarm dispatcher level two of a fire department in a city with a population of one million or more.

Provides that the period of immunity from prosecution for a criminal or civil action that a defendant is entitled to by virtue of holding the office of president of the United States shall not apply to the calculation of the time limitation applicable to commencement of such actions.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies the pension rules for members of the New York City Fire Department to introduce annual escalation payments for their retirement benefits. Under the new provisions, eligible retirees will receive yearly increases to their benefits, capped at a maximum of three percent or the actual change in the cost-of-living index, whichever is lower. The legislation also ensures that deferred retirement benefits receive full escalation rates until they are paid out, while preventing benefit reductions below the initial amount even if inflation decreases. These changes apply immediately to the administrative code governing the department's pension fund.

Provides for salary bonuses for members of the uniformed service with the New York city fire department who retire with at least twenty-five, thirty or thirty-five years of service, including an additional bonus for each year after year twenty-five.