Designates certain university and community college campuses as polling places for early voting.
Directs the department of health to make publicly available the results of all inspections conducted by the department in nursing homes and other residential health care facilities in the state during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.
Allows personal caregivers to visit residents of adult care facilities at any time, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
Establishes the COVID heroes grant program to award a lump sum pay differential of $2,500 to essential SUNY hospital employees who worked during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.
Raises the jurisdictional amount for small claims cases from $3,000 to $10,000 in justice court.
Modifies the definition of disorderly conduct for family offense proceedings to not require an intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, but merely an intent to cause annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof.
Establishes the "New York local news act"; establishes the New York commission on local news and civic information to advance research and innovation in the field of media and technology to benefit the state's civic life and evolving information needs.
Authorizes and directs the state board of elections to create an online petitioning system for designating petitions.
Prohibits digital application distribution platforms from requiring digital application developers to exclusively make their product available on such platform, or from requiring such developer to exclusively use such platform's digital payment system on such developer's digital application.
Grants Michael Aregano additional service credit with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system for the period beginning July 29, 2000 and ending on December 22, 2000, for his enrollment in the Black River/St. Lawrence Valley Law Enforcement Training Academy.
