Provides that each general hospital and nursing home licensed pursuant to the public health law may partner with a post-secondary institution within the state to create a proposal for the development and implementation or improvement and continuation of a nursing residency program; makes related provisions.
Provides that the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces and areas shall constitute a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced.
Provides for the deduction of student loan interest from federal adjusted gross income.
Provides tax credit to certain volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance workers and volunteer emergency medical personnel under certain circumstances.
Designates August thirty-first of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as "Overdose Awareness Day".
Protects patients from liens against their primary residence and wage garnishment due to money judgments arising from actions brought by hospitals or health care professionals.
Prohibits a manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable product for sale as flushable without prior approval from the department of environmental conservation.
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an aggrieved employee, whistleblower or representative organization to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
Enacts the New York state police reform and reinvention collaborative to require any local government entity which has a police agency and which has previously transmitted to the director of the division of the budget the certification required by executive order number two hundred three issued on June twelfth, two thousand twenty to improve the police agency's deployments, strategies, policies, procedures, and practices, for the purposes of addressing the particular needs of the communities served by such police agency and promote community engagement to foster trust, fairness, and legitimacy, and to address any racial bias and disproportionate policing of communities of color; requires a biennial progress report; makes related provisions.
Establishes the "New York public banking act"; authorizes municipal and other local governments to form and control public banks through the ownership of capital stock or other ownership interests, and to loan or grant public funds or lend public credit to such public banks for the public purposes of achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.
