Sen. Pat Fahy

Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state Holocaust memorial" in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust and to educate the public about the history of the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism, racism, and all manifestations of intolerance.

Maddy summaryBill S 3655 establishes a new 25-year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the Division of Military and Naval Affairs. This plan allows eligible firefighters, including airport firefighters and training and safety officers, to retire after completing 25 years of creditable service. Upon retirement, these members would receive a retirement allowance equal to one-half of their final average salary. The bill specifies that creditable service includes time in their DMNA firefighter roles, service as a paid firefighter in other departments, and certain wartime service. Members have one year from the effective date to elect to join this new plan.

Authorizes a licensed pharmacist to administer any recommendations made by the commissioner of health pertaining to a vaccine that has been authorized by the federal Food and Drug Administration; relates to insurance coverage for immunizations; removes the requirement to follow the advisory committee on immunization practices of the centers for disease control and prevention recommendation for immunization against meningococcal disease.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a mandatory online system requiring auto insurers in New York to electronically share real-time policy information with the state. Insurers must provide details on policy cancellations, terminations, and vehicle-specific data (including VINs, registration numbers, and policyholder addresses) to help identify uninsured vehicles. The system directly affects all insurers writing private passenger or commercial auto insurance in New York, replacing paper-based reporting with digital access for state officials. It aims to improve enforcement by enabling quicker verification of insurance coverage during traffic stops or vehicle registration checks.

Maddy summaryS 5677 establishes a 5-year demonstration program in Schenectady allowing the city to use photo speed cameras in school zones to issue fines to vehicle owners for speeding. The program applies during school hours, before/after school, and during student activities in up to 20 school zones, with strict requirements for camera calibration, daily testing, and privacy protections (blurring driver/vehicle details in images). Vehicle owners receive notices of liability based on camera evidence, which must be destroyed after case resolution or one year, whichever comes later. The program expires December 31, 2030.

Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.

Requires the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to establish standards for the closing of segments of trails on the Empire state trail, and provide notice of such closings to the public.

Establishes a state frontotemporal degeneration registry; defines terms; requires every physician, nurse practitioner, nurse physician assistant and general hospital that diagnoses or is treating a patient diagnosed with an FTD disorder to give notice to the department; requires certain information to be confidential; sets forth the duties of the commissioner of health; requires the department of health to create and maintain a webpage.

Provides for certain victim statements to be taken at their workplace instead of the police department where such workplace was the scene of the crime and is a hospital, emergency medical facility, nursing home or residential health care facility.

Relates to training police officers on how to respond to situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.