Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against their will.
Maddy summaryThis bill establishes comprehensive health and safety standards for pregnant and postpartum individuals in correctional facilities and their young children. It mandates access to full prenatal, obstetric, and postpartum medical care, including pain management during delivery and treatment for substance use disorders, while ensuring privacy and freedom from discrimination. The legislation also allows children born to incarcerated parents to remain with their mothers in the facility until the child is eighteen months old, or until the parent is paroled if that occurs before the child turns twenty-four months, with strict limits on removing children from their parents.
Relates to criminal liability for persons living with sexually transmitted infections who engage in sexual activity; repeals provisions relating to persons knowing themselves to be infected with venereal disease.
Directs the department of economic development, in conjunction with various departments and offices, to conduct a study regarding increasing public access to museums in New York city; directs a report on such study to be submitted no later than one year after the effective date.
Maddy summaryThis bill raises the monetary threshold for seizing abandoned vehicles from one thousand two hundred fifty dollars to three thousand dollars. It directly affects local authorities, allowing them to immediately take ownership of unlicensed vehicles that meet this higher value limit and are left abandoned. The law includes exceptions where local authorities do not need to obtain title if the vehicle is intended to be sold as junk, dismantled, or destroyed. The changes will not take effect until one hundred eightieth days after the bill becomes law.
Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes the City of New York to stop using specific parklands in the Bronx and grant land easements to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The primary goal is to enable the construction of improvements for the Penn Station Access project, which aims to bring Metro-North commuter rail service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station. The legislation outlines the exact boundaries of the land to be affected and includes conditions requiring the city to satisfy federal requirements if any federal funds were used for the parkland. Additionally, the bill amends previous laws to ensure these new provisions are legally recognized and implemented.
Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.
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.
Relates to participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations by members of the organized militia; provides that members of the organized militia shall qualify as employees for the purposes of making a claim under the workers' compensation law for participation in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations.
Enacts the "pediatric cancer neuropsychological needs assessment act"; requires insurers to provide coverage for neuropsychological assessments for children with pediatric cancers which affect brain development or function.
