Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; provides commission study shall place emphasis on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, inmate deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement.
Sen. Luis Sepúlveda
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Relates to the registration status of voters; establishes additional requirements for the cancellation of a voter's registration and allows voters who have an inactive status to have their registration returned to active status and to have their vote counted for the election in which they vote.
Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; and includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.
Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisions of the agriculture and markets law.
Requires weather radios in all new motor vehicles sold within the state with a model year of 2022 or later; no car dealership shall increase the cost of a vehicle due to the system including such radio.
Creates a residential condominium owner's bill of rights that includes the right to transparency, the right to timely decisions, voting rights, the right to notice, and the right against extraordinary expenses.
Relates to the funding of certain CUNY programs by the state including the city university of New York's accelerated study in associate programs (ASAP) and the accelerate, complete, engage (ACE) program; state shall pay until both programs are fully funded.
Relates to the use of psychotropic medications in nursing homes and adult care facilities.
Enacts the "orthodontic tele-dentistry consumer protection act" placing additional requirements on licensed dental procedures entities and licensed dentists who perform cosmetic dental procedures including the posting of specific notices.
Relates to temporary release eligibility for judicially ordered comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse treatment.