Permits the county of Westchester to grant a fifty percent preference in the selection of tenants in state aided housing projects to current residents of the county.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York school districts to implement age-appropriate hate crime awareness curriculum. It directs the education commissioner, with input from the Division of Human Rights, to develop content covering discrimination, religious intolerance (including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia), and positive actions for inclusion. Schools may integrate this into existing social studies or other curricula, without requiring statewide uniformity. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, after enactment.
Grants the commissioner of education the power to identify schools for additional support and assistance and establish performance targets for such schools.
Provides that the maximum age requirement of 35 years for police officers to take a competitive examination shall not apply to any police officer of any county, city, town or village police force not otherwise provided for in this section if such officer is a part-time police officer in a non-competitive position and is vested in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice; defines emergency medical conditions; requires appropriate medical screening and stabilizing treatment of persons in an emergency department, including pregnant persons, or appropriate transfer.
Maddy summaryThis bill extends an existing exemption allowing mattress manufacturers to use specific chemicals (modacrylic fiber without antimony trioxide or aramid fibers) in certain mattress components without facing environmental regulations. The exemption, which currently expires January 1, 2027, is extended to January 1, 2028. It directly affects mattress producers who rely on these chemical treatments for internal barriers or bottom fabric layers in memory foam, gel foam, or one-sided mattresses. The key provision simply delays the regulatory compliance date by one year for these particular materials.
Maddy summaryThis bill repeals a requirement that applicants must pass an examination to become a licensed master social worker. It directly affects individuals seeking this specific license by removing the exam hurdle. The bill removes paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 in the education law, which previously mandated the exam. This is a procedural change to licensing rules with no new requirements added.
Maddy summaryThis bill designates uniformed court officers employed by the town of Ossining as peace officers under New York law. It directly affects these specific court officers in Ossining, granting them the legal authority and protections associated with peace officer status. The key provision adds a new rule to the criminal procedure law, clarifying that this designation does not permit carrying firearms without a separate license under the penal law. The change takes immediate effect upon enactment.
Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office and state and private websites; requires written materials to be updated.
Requires SUNY and CUNY schools with at least twenty-five percent of its undergraduate students living on campus to establish substance use recovery housing programs which shall include on-site counseling, mentoring, and peer support.
