Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an aggrieved employee or employees or a representative organization to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for any provision of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the commissioner for a violation of the labor law.
Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Sponsored bills
Prohibits certain practices by businesses making an automatic renewal or continuous service offer to consumers in the state; provides exemptions.
Relates to the right of tenant association to have the first option to purchase a housing unit.
Prevents individuals from being denied standing in private actions alleging violations of the environmental quality review provisions of the environmental conservation law solely on the basis that the injury alleged by such individual does not differ in kind or degree from the injury that would be suffered by the public at large.
Relates to rental discrimination based on income.
Requires the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises and on restaurant premises.
Relates to the content of birth certificates; allows parents to choose a designation.
Relates to creating the "modernized voter registration act of New York"; modernizes voter registration; promotes access to voting for individuals with disabilities; protects the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for local and state office and makes an appropriation therefor.
Establishes the transparency in health care fees act requiring health care providers to submit bills to patients prior to performing services.
Requires that any disposition of land or buildings by the New York City Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.