Sen. James Skoufis

Requires a ".gov" domain name for websites maintained by a county.

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters.

Prohibits the name of municipalities and subdivisions thereof to include the word swastika.

Relates to violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities; provides penalties for safety violations and operating without a valid license; prohibits reductions in fines in certain circumstances where a patient is endangered or harmed.

Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; institutes civil penalties for utilizing ticket purchasing software; increases civil penalties currently in place; institutes new penalties for second offenses for licensees and for any person, firm, corporation or entity who is made aware of the utilization of ticket purchasing software and does not notify the attorney general of such utilization (Part A); establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part B); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket; permits a refund when a purchaser cannot attend an event due to a medical necessity (Part C); requires online resale marketplaces to post the established price ticket charged by the operator of a place of entertainment as part of each advertisement or offer for the resale of tickets and to obtain confirmation that user has read such notice before completing a transaction (Part D); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part E); requires ticket prices to be disclosed prior to a customer purchasing such ticket; requires such price to remain the same during the purchase process except for reasonable fees for delivery of tickets; provides such delivery fee shall also be disclosed to the purchaser (Part F); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part G); prohibits the resale of a ticket if such ticket was initially offered to the public at no charge (Part H); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part I); reduces the minimum seating capacity requirement for a professional sports organization membership pass to over thirteen thousand five hundred seats in a venue or stadium (Part J); prohibits exclusivity clauses in contracts between operators of places of entertainment and primary ticket vendors (Part K); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part L); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part M).

Permits residents of Orange county and adjoining counties to hold the position of assistant district attorney in Orange county.

Relates to annual professional performance reviews and tenure; makes an exception for individuals who did not receive an annual performance review rating during the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and the 2021-2022 school years; allows for them to receive tenure if the individual would have been qualified if they had received such performance review.

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to an election officer while such person is performing their assigned duties; amends aggravated harassment and obstruction of governmental administration to include election officers.

Establishes local labor requirements as part of the approval to receive a real property tax business investment exception; requires eighty-five percent of workers hired by a contractor or developer for a project to be from the same county or an adjoining county or, in certain circumstances, the state of New York.