Directs the division of the budget to consult tribal nations, relevant state agencies, and other stakeholders regarding budget proposals that would impact such tribal nations.
Establishes scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of student arrival and dismissal to ensure all vehicular traffic is stopped while pedestrians are crossing in the same intersection.
Authorizes the use of closed-circuit television for vulnerable sexual assault witnesses; establishes a procedure for determining who qualifies as a vulnerable sexual assault witness.
Enacts the tropical rainforest economic & environmental sustainability act requiring that companies contracting with the state do not contribute to tropical forest degradation or deforestation directly or through their supply chains; establishes the supply chain transparency assistance program to assist small and medium-sized businesses and minority and women-owned businesses in achieving compliant supply chains.
Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new legal mechanism called "anti-stalking orders" to provide specific protections for individuals who feel they are being stalked. It allows victims to file a sworn application in their local supreme court to request these orders, which can be issued quickly as temporary measures before a full hearing takes place. The orders can require the accused person to stop all contact, delete related digital content, refrain from monitoring the victim's location or devices, and stay away from specified places like homes or workplaces. By adding these provisions to the civil practice law, the bill aims to offer a streamlined and targeted response to stalking behavior that involves repeated acts of harassment or intimidation.
Directs the New York state energy and development authority to establish a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles and electric scooters; defines terms; provides a fifty percent rebate for eligible purchases.
Maddy summaryThis bill directs the New York State Board of Elections to conduct a comprehensive study on ranked choice voting for both primary and general elections. The study will examine various factors such as voter turnout, campaign funding, implementation costs, data security, and the time required to count votes compared to traditional methods. It also requires the board to gather input from local election officials and analyze how ranked choice voting has worked in other states and New York City. Within one year of the bill taking effect, the board must submit a public report with its findings and recommendations to the state legislature.
Creates statewide emergency and crisis response council to work in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and addiction services to jointly approve emergency and crisis services plans submitted by local governments, and provide supports regarding the operation and financing of high-quality emergency and crisis services provided to persons experiencing a mental health, alcohol use, or substance use crisis.
Relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time.
Relates to paratransit services; directs that an applicant for recertification submit correspondence from a licensed physician in lieu of an in-person assessment.
