Prevents the transition of the school tax relief property tax exemption to a personal income tax credit.
Sen. Pete Harckham
Sponsored bills
Designates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge as the "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge".
Increases benefits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
Increases the amount of years of military service credit a member may purchase from three years to ten years.
Provides optional disability coverage for county probation officers.
Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.
Prohibits the operation of establishments where animals and/or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food; establishes a task force on public health risks and animal welfare concerns of slaughterhouses.
Establishes a tax credit for individuals who serve or are employed as a direct support professional, or direct care worker, up to five thousand dollars for taxpayers who make less than fifty thousand dollars and phased out for individuals who make over one hundred thousand dollars.
Provides a tax credit for qualified caregiving expenses.
Prohibits drug, cannabis or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns unless the individual consents and it is within the scope of medical care, or the testing or screening is necessary for a medical emergency.