Provides for the taxation of electronic cigarette cartridges as tobacco products.
Requires the municipal police training council to promulgate rules and regulations regarding psychological evaluations for certain members of the police force of a city with a population of one million or more.
Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and excludes certain persons from being placed in segregated confinement.
Provides for in-state tuition at colleges and universities of the state university, the city university of New York and community colleges for honorably discharged veterans attending, within 12 months of their honorable discharge, under the federal GI bills.
Enacts the "voter empowerment act of New York" to streamline the process for registering to vote.
Requires the clerk of the court to be responsible for providing information to individuals petitioning for ex-parte orders of protection regarding notification of service of the orders of protection.
Relates to traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers; defines "racial profiling"; authorizes division of criminal justice services to conduct a study relating to racial profiling; prohibits use of race or ethnicity of an individual as the sole factor in determining the existence of probable cause to place such person under arrest or take into custody.
Removes the cap on funds for teacher resource and computer training centers for the city school district for the city of New York.
Clarifies the qualification of member items, discretionary funds and unitemized lump sum appropriations; authorizes the legislative ethics commission to review violations and requires that all be fully itemized; defines terms; establishes the executive community projects fund; makes related provisions.
Authorizes hospice residences to care for up to 25 patients in cities having a population of one million or more.
