Designates the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island; provides for the withdrawal of the Nassau-Suffolk coordinating committee from the New York Metropolitan transportation council.
Sen. Monica Martinez
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Deems Anthony Varvaro to have died as the natural and proximate result of an accident sustained in the performance of duty so as to permit accidental death benefits to be awarded to his beneficiaries.
Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "NYPD Detective Brian P. Simonsen Memorial Bridge" located in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County.
Designates the bridge over the Sagtikos Parkway constituting the Crooked Hill Road Overpass in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, the "Senior Investigator Thomas M. O'Neill Memorial Bridge".
Adds a person with a disability who has their primary residence in a special needs trust, or a property owner who has a tenant with a disability whose lease provides them with a life interest in the property as long as the tenant remains in residence as eligible for a real property tax exemption pursuant to section 459-c of the real property tax law.
Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new optional retirement plan specifically for fire marshals I and supervisors of that title working in Suffolk County or participating towns and villages within the county. Under this plan, eligible employees can retire after completing 25 years of service without regard to their age, receiving a pension equal to one-half of their final average salary, with benefits increasing slightly for each additional year of service up to a maximum of three-fourths of their salary. The program is voluntary for both the employers and the employees, requiring a formal election by the county or town to adopt the plan and a separate written choice by the individual to participate. Additionally, the bill allows firefighters and officers with prior service to count those years toward the 25-year requirement, provided the employer has opted into this specific program.
Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief; extends certain provisions relating to providing relief to local governments for certain mandated programs and services to 2027.
Adds xylazine to the depressants designated as controlled substances with the exception of use in cattle or other nonhuman species if approved by the federal food and drug administration.
Establishes the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) For Kids Act prohibiting the provision of addictive feeds to minors by addictive social media platforms; establishes remedies and penalties.
Establishes the New York child data protection act to protect minors from having their personal data accessed; provides exceptions in certain circumstances.