Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to make publicly available on its website information regarding waivers, rental supplement plans and shelter supplement plans.
Maddy summaryS 399 makes it illegal for most people to possess or sell "pistol converters" (devices that turn semi-automatic pistols into machine guns) or "convertible pistols" (specific semi-automatic pistols that can be easily converted using common tools like screwdrivers). The bill defines convertible pistols as those with a "cruciform trigger bar" that can be altered with household tools, excluding most standard semi-automatic pistols. It criminalizes selling or transporting convertible pistols (a class D felony), with exemptions for police, military personnel, and licensed gunsmiths. The law aims to prevent easy conversion of standard firearms into automatic weapons under state law.
Establishes a master of social work paid field practicum pilot program to provide a stipend to students who are enrolled in a master of social work program for the first 450 hours of field practicum completed towards such masters' degree; requires the office of mental health to complete a report making recommendations on how to expand the pilot program to increase the number of social workers in the state, improve representation in the field of social work, mitigate student debt and improve labor conditions for social workers upon graduation.
Prohibits surcharges on self-installed dishwashers in housing accommodations subject to rent control when the tenant pays for electric utility service.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits to choose whether to have federal and state income taxes automatically deducted from their payments. It permits people to select a specific federal withholding amount or opt for a flat four percent state tax deduction, while also enabling them to change their withholding choice at any time. The legislation clarifies that even with these elections in place, recipients may still owe additional taxes when they file their annual returns. This change directly affects unemployed workers by giving them more control over how their benefits are taxed without requiring them to make separate estimated tax payments.
Relates to owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with street cleaning parking rules; relates to access to records prepared pursuant to street cleaning parking rules.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires landlords to maintain habitable housing conditions before they can pursue rent payments or eviction cases. Specifically, landlords cannot file such actions if there are unresolved housing code violations, lack of essential utilities (heat, water, electricity, sewage), rodent infestations, or other dangerous conditions that have existed for five or more days in the building. Landlords may submit an affidavit claiming violations were recorded erroneously, but courts can dismiss cases if the affidavit is untrue or unsafe conditions persist at filing. The law also mandates that landlords include specific notices about tenant protections in eviction notices. This directly affects landlords seeking to collect rent or evict tenants and strengthens tenant safeguards against unsafe housing conditions.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires teachers of kindergarten through fifth grade to complete specific training on identifying dyslexia as a condition for obtaining or renewing their teaching certification. The training must be provided by the Center for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia, which will set the curriculum, determine the number of required hours, and establish standards for training providers. Once enacted, the state education commissioner will issue regulations to enforce these new requirements, with the law taking effect on the first day of July following its passage.
Provides that a claimant eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits shall also be entitled to receive a dependent allowance which shall begin at forty-five dollars and shall increase annually by an amount determined by the department of labor; directs the department of labor to report to the legislature following each calendar quarter certain information about dependent allowances and to make such reports available on its website; provides that a claimant's maximum benefit amount, including such dependent allowance, shall not exceed one hundred percent of such claimant's average weekly wage from their highest-earning calendar quarter.
Maddy summaryThis bill (S 8140) allows public employees, particularly police officers, to transfer membership between specific New York state and local retirement systems. It directly affects employees moving between jobs - like MTA police officers switching to city or state police systems - by streamlining transfers. Key provisions remove reserve transfer requirements for members with under ten years of service, while still requiring reserves for transfers involving ten or more years of service. The bill also clarifies eligible systems, including the MTA police retirement program, New York City police/fire systems, and state employee retirement systems.
