Relates to the functions of the chief administrator of the courts; relates to reporting requirements.
Permits electronic application for absentee ballots and removes requirement that such application be signed by the voter; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration.
Authorizes and directs the department of health to update the report entitled "New York State Department of Health Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) in New York State".
Relates to the mitigation of the severity of climate change; requires the state to create a binding plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eighty-five percent, based on 1990 emissions levels, and meeting one hundred percent of electricity needs from fossil fuel-free resources by 2050.
Relates to establishing requirements for residential health care facilities during a state disaster emergency involving a disease outbreak; requires the department of health to issue guidance regarding precautions and procedures to maintain health and safety; establishes residential healthcare facility reporting requirements.
Permits unemployment benefits in the case of voluntary separation from employment during the COVID-19 emergency for persons over age 65 or persons with health conditions which make them at risk where the claimant has a reasonable belief that their working environment is unsafe.
Provides requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19, in relation to practices and procedures for documenting mandatory and precautionary orders of quarantine or isolation.
Establishes the New York state small business protection program to provide loans and grants to qualifying entities that have less than 100 employees per location, did not receive any federal funding for the Federal CARES Act, was in existence in New York state by the first day the state disaster emergency related to COVID-19 was declared by the governor, can document actual economic harm or revenue shortfall as a direct result of the pandemic, and has filed 2018 or 2019 tax returns.
Requires travel insurance companies to provide refunds for travel cancelled due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Establishes the state of emergency minority and women owned business enterprises loan and grant program relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
