Adds Otter Kill Creek to the definition of inland waterways.
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Increases the base benefit amount for computation of pension cost-of-living adjustments.
Authorizes the presentation of the New York State September Eleventh Service Medal to residents of New York who were in the armed forces and participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site in response to the World Trade Center attack on September eleventh, two thousand one.
Requires manufactured home park owners to provide a written justification for rent increases in excess of three percent of the current rent; provides that increases in costs to justify such rent increase for ordinary maintenance or repair to meet the warranty of habitability obligations must be shown to be necessary.
Requires the use of remote training programs in code enforcement training to the maximum extent possible.
Makes various provisions regulating the location of environmental facilities to insure equity of treatment for minority communities or economically distressed areas or disadvantaged communities; requires environmental impact statements to state whether the siting of a facility will cause or increase a disproportionate burden on such areas.
Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"; relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use, excavate, or open a street is required to be issued.
Relates to freshwater wetlands; defines specific classes of wetlands.
Directs the department of taxation and finance to provide notice to a property owner who is a veteran or who is the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran when a school district grants a school tax exemption or abatement for veterans and provide direction on how to apply for such exemption or abatement.
Permits the compounding, dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals to veterinarians.