Sen. Peter Oberacker

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a $1,000 supplemental payment for New York taxpayers who claim a newborn baby as a dependent on their federal tax return. It directly affects parents or guardians with newborns not previously claimed as dependents, providing the payment for each qualifying child starting in tax year 2026. The payment is issued automatically by the state tax commissioner and treated as an overpayment if it exceeds the taxpayer's state tax bill. The credit applies to newborns born in the current or prior tax year, with payments beginning April 1, 2026.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 1999) prohibits nursing home owners or operators with facilities that received poor health inspection grades from purchasing new nursing homes in the state. It requires applicants to disclose all existing medical facilities they or their spouses own, and bars them from buying new facilities if any disclosed facility had noncompliance citations until that facility has been in full compliance for 24 consecutive months. If a failing facility is sold, the seller still faces a 24-month purchase ban and must pay a compliance fee equal to past fines. The law directly affects nursing home owners/operators with failing facilities, aiming to prevent them from expanding while unresolved safety issues persist.

Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients.

Exempts farmers from commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements when operating a covered farm vehicle within one hundred fifty miles of such farmer's farm.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a tax credit for landowners who allow snowmobile access on their property via state-funded snowmobile trails. Landowners can claim a credit of $0.10 per linear foot of trail on their property, capped at $750 annually. Unused credit can be carried forward to future tax years (with specific limits) or refunded, but cannot be carried beyond 2035. The credit applies to personal income tax and requires the trail to be part of a state-funded system.

Allows a tax exemption for taxpayers in the amount of the purchase price of a fire extinguisher, fire alarm, heat alarm or carbon monoxide alarm purchased for residential use during the month of October.

Requires state agencies and courts to take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition and contemporary examples of antisemitism when reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a violation of any non-criminal or criminal law, rule, or policy prohibiting discriminatory acts.

Prohibits statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiving compensation for any book or other published work written during the course of their term of service.

Relates to expanding the geographical area of employment of university police officers; extends the jurisdiction of New York state university police officers from state university of New York property and abutting roadways to all areas of the state.

Requires the state board of parole to include at least one member who is or was a member of law enforcement and at least one member who is a crime victim or crime victim's representative.