Relates to false or misleading advertisements of food and food products; provides factors to determine whether an advertisement is false or misleading; provides for enforcement and a private right of action.
Expands the solar energy system equipment tax credit to cover solar energy system equipment installed in a community solar array; defines "community solar array" to mean a location other than a person's principal residence where solar energy system equipment is owned and installed for use in such person's principal residence.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits commercial and recreational fishing using trawls, gill nets, and trammel nets in most New York coastal waters, including Long Island Sound, specific bays (like Great South Bay), and designated shoreline areas. It exempts only scientific research activities authorized by the environmental department. The ban applies to all waters listed in the law, such as coastal zones near Rockaway Point, Fire Island, and Lake Erie. Fishermen in these areas would need a scientific research permit to use these nets instead of standard fishing licenses.
Maddy summaryThis bill establishes rules for community organizations that help people with disabilities navigate a state financial management program. It requires the statewide fiscal intermediary to subcontract with specific community groups (like independent living centers) that provide culturally competent support, ensuring consumers can choose their facilitator and receive clear information about services. Key provisions include mandatory consumer choice of facilitator, public listing of facilitators by region with cultural competency details, and strict separation between the state agency and subcontracted facilitators. The bill also sets payment rules and requires facilitators to register with the state by April 2025. It directly affects people using the disability program, community service providers, and the state agency managing the program.
Enacts the "securing customer assets against malfeasance" or "S.C.A.M." act; increases penalties for a scheme to defraud; broadens the definitions of commercial bribery and bribing a public servant; creates the crime of structuring; expands jurisdiction for tax revenue deprivation; increases penalties for defrauding the government and certain persons over the age of sixty-five.
Maddy summaryS 5296, "Nicole's Law," requires hospitals in the state to implement specific protocols for patients admitted with self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries like suicide attempts or drug overdoses. Hospitals must review a patient's history of such injuries, contact family/caregivers for background, and extend inpatient stays based on prior incidents. Upon discharge, hospitals must provide families with 48-hour notice, hold care planning meetings, connect patients to community-based mental health services, and schedule follow-up checks. The law also mandates clinical trials to offer crisis resources and referrals if participants disclose past suicide attempts. This directly affects hospitals, patients with repeated self-harm, and community mental health providers.
Increases the mandatory retirement age of members of the uniformed force of the fire department of the city of New York from sixty-five to sixty-seven.
Maddy summaryThis bill (S 9162) amends New York's alcoholic beverage control law to expand pricing flexibility for alcohol sellers. It specifically modifies existing rules that previously restricted price discrimination between retailers or wholesalers and required detailed price schedules to be filed with the liquor authority. The key change allows manufacturers and distributors to set prices more freely for certain alcohol products, reducing the prior requirement to submit exhaustive price schedules for every brand and item. This directly affects alcohol manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers who sell branded products, streamlining their pricing processes under revised filing rules.
Maddy summaryBill S 1424 amends the education law to expand protections against discrimination for students. It prohibits discrimination by school employees or other students on school property or at school functions based on a student's religious attire, clothing, or facial hair. This bill adds these specific protections to existing anti-discrimination provisions covering characteristics like race, religion, and disability. It also clarifies that certain gender-based admissions and disability-related actions permitted under other laws are not prohibited.
Maddy summaryBill S 7917 amends the retirement and social security law to limit participation in the state retirement system for certain organizations. It specifies that officers and employees of particular public and quasi-public organizations, such as the New York State Association of Counties and the New York State School Boards Association, will no longer be eligible to join the retirement system. This restriction applies only to individuals first employed by these named associations, or any school board association, on or after the bill's effective date.
