Amends provisions relating to public campaign financing; changes certain thresholds and procedures; permits retention of matching funds for future use; specifies when a candidate is opposed by a competitive candidate; requires a disclosure on political communications.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows school districts to establish seven specific cultural and religious holidays - Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Lunar New Year, Tihar, Bandi Chhor Divas, and Onam - as official school holidays. It applies only to districts where the local school board determines there is a sizable student population observing these days. The provision gives districts flexibility to recognize these holidays without mandating statewide changes. The bill does not require any district to adopt these holidays but provides a framework for local decisions. It takes effect on July 1 following enactment.
Maddy summaryThis bill increases financial assistance standards for New York residents receiving public assistance. Starting July 1, 2025, the monthly need standard for eligibility and maximum benefit amounts will double (e.g., from $158 to $316 for single-person households), with annual adjustments tied to federal cost-of-living changes. Home energy grants and supplemental home energy grants also double starting July 2025 (e.g., from $14.10 to $28.20 monthly for single-person households). These changes directly affect low-income individuals and families qualifying for state public assistance programs.
Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study examining the increasing costs of insurance premiums, the lack of availability of insurance coverage for losses from flooding, and the possibility of supporting a private flood insurance market in the state.
Amends the definition of redomestication of insurance companies to include the transfer from this state of the corporate domicile of a domestic company.
Relates to taxpayers affected by a federal government shutdown by granting an extension for those who are furloughed and expediting their tax refunds.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York life insurance and annuity companies to offer only policies that appear financially self-sustaining based on standard assumptions about interest rates, mortality, and costs. Insurers must submit actuarial certifications with each policy filing and retain supporting documentation for six years. The rule applies to all new policies issued after the law takes effect, replacing prior requirements. It ensures policies remain financially sound for policyholders without altering premium structures.
Enacts the Infant Vision Information, Education and Wellness Act; creates the newborn vision screening advisory committee; provides for newborn and infant vision screening; requires reporting.
Establishes the rental assistance payment standard pilot program where the owner of a housing accommodation shall be entitled to charge and collect a rent equal to the maximum amount that the rental assistance program prescribes for like housing accommodations, subject to rent reasonableness calculations.
Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
