Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
Enacts the "return abandoned property immediately and direct (R.A.P.I.D.) act"; relates to the return of abandoned property to owners by the state comptroller and the department of taxation and finance; repeals the provision that a holder of abandoned property need not specify certain information identifying the owner of abandoned property amounting to twenty dollars or less when delivering such abandoned property to the state comptroller.
Includes within the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, the possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, outside the home, while impaired or intoxicated by use of alcohol or drugs; increases maximum fine for such offense to $10,000; provides for chemical testing of certain persons for whom there is reasonable cause to believe are in violation of such provision; provides for revocation of firearms permit upon conviction or refusal of a chemical test.
Enacts the "New York emergency expedited temporary work permit act" to allow asylum seekers to apply for and be granted temporary work permits while their federal immigration status is being determined.
Imposes an excise tax on the gross receipts of the sales of firearms, major components of firearms and ammunition; establishes the gun violence prevention and school safety fund.
Prohibits the use of the state DNA identification index for familial DNA searches.
Requires banks to report to the superintendent annually on the amount of revenue earned from overdraft fees; prohibits banks from imposing overdraft fees during a ten day grace period; regulates the imposition of overdraft and NSF fees.
Creates the digital currency task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the potential effects of the widespread implementation of digital currencies on financial markets in the state.
Enacts the "Modernized voter registration act of New York".
