Provides for prevention and screening for elevated lead levels in children.
Sen. Rachel May
Sponsored bills
Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings; provides for the administration thereof.
Enacts the "PFAS surface water discharge disclosure act"; requires publicly owned treatment works and people who discharge industrial waste to such treatment works to disclose the measurement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals found in any discharge into the state waterways.
Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides duties and an annual plan for data to be researched and reported.
Removes certain requirements regarding investigations of JCOPE; modifies the composition of the voting majority upon the appointment and removal of the executive director of the joint commission on public ethics; provides for the appointment and removal of the executive director by a vote of a majority of the commission, regardless of political appointment; removes a rule that vacancies of the joint commission on public ethics with respect to a member of the commission first appointed pursuant to section 6 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011 by a legislative leader, the legislative leaders of the same political party in the same house shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy irrespective of whether that legislative leader's political party is in the majority or minority.
Provides for taxpayer gifts for Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention; establishes the Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund.
Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions authorizing the county of Madison to impose an additional mortgage recording tax until December 1, 2025.
Provides the International Boxing Hall of Fame the option to purchase the reverter interest of certain lands conveyed by the New York state thruway authority.
Requires instruction in pedestrian and bicyclist safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course.
Establishes the public water justice act; prohibits sale of waters of the state unless otherwise specifically authorized; establishes a public water justice fund for royalties and fees collected from persons or entities authorized to sell waters of the state.