Relates to confidentiality in cases involving the protection of people with special needs; allows the state comptroller's office to unseal certain documents.
Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital when acting pursuant to their special duties on the grounds or premises owned, controlled or administered by any such hospital or any of its subsidiaries.
Maddy summaryS 8904 extends the maximum lease term for BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services) properties from 10 to 20 years when leasing to non-public entities, while keeping a 10-year limit for public entities. Key provisions require commissioner approval for leases exceeding 10 years, mandate fair market value pricing, and demand conflict of interest disclosures. The bill also allows lease renewals up to 10 years with commissioner consent. These changes apply specifically to BOCES agreements for educational facilities and administrative offices.
Establishes a Mohawk River Basin district and Mohawk River Basin management program for management of such district to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the environmental quality of the Mohawk River.
Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.
Maddy summaryThis bill adds Duane Lake in Duanesburg (Schenectady County) to the list of eligible areas for the state's septic system replacement fund. It directly affects property owners in Duane Lake who need to replace failing septic systems, allowing them to apply for reimbursement under the existing program. The bill amends the law to specifically include this location as eligible, based on established criteria like water quality risks, without creating new funding or changing program rules.
Maddy summaryThis bill changes election law to require that election commissioners serving on boards outside New York City must be full-time employees of those boards. It sets a minimum of two full-time commissioners per board, with counties having over 120,000 residents allowed to increase this to four via local law. Political parties must be eligible to recommend an equal number of commissioners for appointment. The bill directly affects election boards in upstate counties and the commissioners who serve on them. It takes effect immediately upon passage.
Establishes the nutrient inactivant application permit to allow for the use of products used for controlling phosphorus levels in lakes or ponds to prevent and inhibit harmful algal blooms.
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental resilience, racial equity, valued workforce, valued agricultural sector, animal welfare, and nutrition.
