Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
Sen. Pete Harckham
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Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new program to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities find and keep stable housing in New York State. It requires the state to develop a training curriculum for housing navigators and establish a task force made up of government officials and community experts to oversee the program's implementation. The navigators will assist individuals in creating personalized housing plans, applying for financial aid, and transitioning between living situations while ensuring they have access to necessary support services. Additionally, the legislation authorizes the health commissioner to seek federal waivers to fund these services and mandates that future state plans include updates on the program's progress and effectiveness.
Requires the addition of fog lines on all state highways and other public ways under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation when such highway or public way is repaved.
Defines the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetist; requires collaboration with a licensed physician qualified to determine the need for anesthesia services; requires licensing; defines qualifications.
Relates to conducting investigations into the administration and enforcement of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and the New York state energy conservation construction code by counties.
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.
Enacts provisions relating to permit modifications, suspensions, revocations, and renewals; provides for expiration of any permit which has no expiration and has been in effect for five years; provides renewal periods shall not be longer than five years.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires state officials to offer unappropriated state land to local governments before selling it to private buyers at public auction. The offer price depends on how the local government plans to use the land, being either one dollar for parks and recreation or the current appraised value for other municipal uses. Local governments have ninety days to accept the offer, and if they do, the land must be used for the stated purpose or it will revert to the state. If a local government declines or fails to respond within the deadline, the state retains the right to sell the land to a private party.
Maddy summaryThis bill is a Senate resolution honoring the life of Sharon Julie Feldman Rowe, a Croton-on-Hudson resident who passed away in March 2024. It recognizes her as an entrepreneur who founded Eco-Bags Products, Inc. in 1989 and helped popularize reusable shopping bags in the United States. The resolution formally expresses the legislative body's condolences to her family and directs that a copy of the document be sent to them.
Maddy summaryThis Senate resolution honors Koji Sato for his efforts to recognize Fred Korematsu's legacy and his work promoting Japanese and Japanese-American history. The measure acknowledges Sato's leadership roles in organizations like the Japanese American Association of New York and the U.S.-Japan Council, as well as his contributions to fostering relations between the United States and Japan. The bill directs the legislative body to pause its proceedings to formally commend Sato and instructs that a copy of the resolution be sent to him.