Provides a civil remedy for any harm or damage to the property or person of another or for summoning a police officer without reason to suspect a crime has been or is about to be committed due to a belief or perception regarding such person's immigration status.
Sen. Jamaal Bailey
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Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the availability, effectiveness and need for expansion of post-secondary education in the NYS prison system.
Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.
Authorizes the attorney general to commence a special proceeding in a court hearing jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the environmental conservation law and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in the name of the people of the state.
Establishes the "New York City Housing Authority Facilities Modernization Act" which shall assist with the installation, demolition, construction, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, renovation, and repair of projects contracted out by the New York City Housing Authority (Part A); relates to reporting on lead-based paint poisoning prevention (Part B).
Creates a domestic abuse hotline for teens; requires all high schools within the state to conduct an assembly on domestic abuse.
Requires an arresting authority to notify the local social services district when the parent, legal guardian or care-giver of a minor is arrested or taken into custody; requires the local social services district to monitor the placement of such minor.
Authorizes a childhood education surcharge on the personal income tax for cities having a population of one million or more persons.
Approves major capital improvement rent increases and extends the length of time over which major capital improvement expenses may be recovered.
Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections.