Prohibits the operation of establishments where animals and/or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food; establishes a task force on public health risks and animal welfare concerns of slaughterhouses.
Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree and effect of segregation in primary and secondary schools and any correlation with school funding and the long-term impact of inadequate education on segregated students.
Requires employers to provide an employee, attorney for the employee or a representative of a recognized or certified employee organization, the opportunity to review and copy the employee's personnel file; provides the employee must submit a written request for this right to be exercised and former employees have to make the request within three years of leaving employment.
Maddy summaryThis bill (S 3977) amends the state law governing the parole board by mandating a minimum of nineteen members, replacing the previous "not more than" language. The governor appoints board members with Senate approval for six-year terms, and the change ensures the board maintains a specific minimum size. The bill directly affects the structure of the parole board's composition but does not alter parole decision-making processes or policies. It requires the board to function independently in decision-making while adhering to department-wide administrative rules.
Permits an exception from registration for nonresident pharmacies in cases of a specific patient need or a declared public health emergency under certain conditions.
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 "Consumer and Small business Protection Act"; relates to standing for persons affected by prohibited or unlawful business practices; expands prohibited acts to include unfair, deceptive or abusive acts.
Protects people from civil arrest while within one thousand feet of a sensitive location, unless such civil arrest is supported by a judicial warrant or judicial order authorizing such civil arrest.
Retroactively adjusts the compensation of formerly incarcerated individuals who were unjustly convicted; exempts such adjusted income from state income taxes.
Maddy summaryThis bill (S 5290) changes the law to require that a defendant must be over 25 years old to be convicted of felony murder. It applies specifically to cases where someone dies during the commission or escape from certain violent crimes like robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or sexual assault. The law amends the penal code to exclude defendants under 25 from felony murder charges in these scenarios, meaning younger individuals cannot be held liable for felony murder even if they participated in the underlying crime. The change takes effect immediately upon enactment.
